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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Borders," and "Assimilation" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami say people from poor countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?
(a) Newbies.
(b) Migrants.
(c) Expats.
(d) Immigrants.

2. At the start of "Borders," Lalami describes being stopped at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

3. According to Lalami in the chapter "Borders," how many Americans live in a border zone?
(a) .5 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 2 million.

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

5. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?
(a) Because of an increase in racial profiling.
(b) To help the border agents because they lost funding.
(c) To help immigrants cross over illegally.
(d) To stop illegal border crossings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?

2. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?

3. In what year was the first mosque built in America after Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders arrived in the country?

4. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?

5. In 1992, Pat Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination saying he was focused on preserving what?

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