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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 industrialized countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Expats.
(c) Migrants.
(d) Refugees.

2. Who shot nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church according to Lalami in "Faith"?
(a) Al-Zarquawi.
(b) Nikolas Cruz.
(c) Dylann Roof.
(d) Morgan Roof.

3. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?
(a) French immigrants were not allowed to stay for long periods in Morocco.
(b) French immigrants were not required to change their language or clothing styles.
(c) French immigrants were lauded for their cultural differences.
(d) Moroccans and French immigrants did not associate with one another.

4. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

5. Which group was stopped the most at the Arivaca, Arizona checkpoint?
(a) Black motorists.
(b) Asian motorists.
(c) White motorists.
(d) LatinX motorists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami suspect audience members would not ask a white writer about?

2. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?

3. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?

4. How is Melilla's border different from when Lalami was a child?

5. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?

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