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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Allegiance".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?
(a) Literature.
(b) Political Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Linguistics.

2. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?
(a) Obama.
(b) McCain.
(c) Trump.
(d) Bush.

3. Where was Lalami and what was she doing when she was handed a flyer by the Muslim Public Affairs Council to vote for George W. Bush?
(a) She was at the university heading to work.
(b) She was giving blood at a nearby mosque.
(c) She was in the midst of a Q&A at a reading of her latest novel.
(d) She was at a cafe ordering a coffee.

4. In what country was Laila Lalami born?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Morocco.

5. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?
(a) He was Arab.
(b) He was Black.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was not a U.S. citizen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?

2. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?

3. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?

4. What did Glenn Beck ask of Muslim-American politician Keith Ellison when he spoke about ending the war in Iraq?

5. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?

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