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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?
(a) Wasting money.
(b) Forgetting the past.
(c) Banning immigrants.
(d) Learning from one's mistakes.

2. What did Glenn Beck ask of Muslim-American politician Keith Ellison when he spoke about ending the war in Iraq?
(a) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to explain how the war could be safely ended.
(b) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to give him three good reasons the U.S. did not belong in Iraq or Afghanistan.
(c) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to go back to his own country.
(d) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to prove he was not working with the terrorists.

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

4. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Florida.
(d) California.

5. 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 a cafe ordering a coffee.
(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 the university heading to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was George W. Bush scheduled to do the afternoon of September 11, 2001?

2. What famous American was one of the most vocal in questioning Obama's citizenship?

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

4. What does Lalami say was the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit?

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

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