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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?
(a) A miniature American flag.
(b) An American eagle token.
(c) A slice of Apple pie.
(d) Sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner.

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

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

4. 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 Black.
(b) He was not a U.S. citizen.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was Arab.

5. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2016.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Laila Lalami born?

2. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?

3. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?

4. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami say contradicted Bush's claim that the Islam faith is not "the face of terror"(14)?

5. What did talk show host Bill Maher say on his show that resulted in advertisers pulling their ads?

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