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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 changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?
(a) Parents began to arrange marriage for their daughters at a very young age.
(b) Fewer people got married or had children.
(c) More women began to wear headscarves and more people attended mosques.
(d) Women stopped wearing headscarves and refused to marry.

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

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

4. In "Borders," what example does Lalami cite of the increasingly divisive rhetoric coming from the Trump administration in regards to border walls?
(a) A border wall would separate bad laws from good laws.
(b) A border wall would separate decent people from criminals.
(c) A border wall would separate cleanliness from pollution.
(d) A border wall would separate the educated from the uneducated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?

2. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

3. Why does Lalami say Trump's ban of North Koreans entering the country was a deceitful move?

4. Lalami writes that border walls have put migration routes in the hands of whom?

5. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?

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