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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous American was one of the most vocal in questioning Obama's citizenship?
(a) John McCain.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Kanye West.
(d) Donald Trump.

2. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?
(a) 2%.
(b) 27%.
(c) 72%.
(d) 98%.

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

4. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?
(a) Ensuring voter equity.
(b) Repressing the female vote.
(c) Repressing the Black and brown vote.
(d) Ensuring high voter turnout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?

4. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?

5. Lalami suggests that a common American perception that Arabs and Muslims are inferior comes from what source?

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