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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami say Muslims in America are required to do after an ISIS attack?
(a) Attend prayers at a mosque.
(b) Hide out at home until things blow over.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Condemn terrorism.

2. What was George W. Bush scheduled to do the afternoon of September 11, 2001?
(a) He was to throw the first pitch at the World Series.
(b) He was to deliver his state of the union address.
(c) He was to meet with Arab and Muslim leaders.
(d) He was to read a book about diversity to a preschool class.

3. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?
(a) It served as a food pantry.
(b) Japanese internment.
(c) Making weapons.
(d) Military training.

4. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) Muslims are fired from their jobs.
(b) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.
(c) None of her friends will talk to her.
(d) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.

5. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?
(a) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.
(b) A police officer in Texas.
(c) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.
(d) A police officer in California.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?

3. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?

4. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?

5. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?

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