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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?
(a) Schools were banned from teaching about the history of Muslims in America.
(b) Muslims did not discuss their religion openly.
(c) Enslaved Muslims were forced to give up their religion and their names were changed.
(d) All Muslims were later sent back to their homeland.

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

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

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

5. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?
(a) She learned that she could no longer go to school.
(b) She learned she was not allowed to be seen in public.
(c) She learned that men had authority over women and acted as their guardians.
(d) She learned that she could not eat certain foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?

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

3. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?

4. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?

5. In "Faith," Lalami cites an article in Dabiq magazined entitled "The Extinction of the Gray Zone." What did this article praise?

(see the answer key)

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