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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?
(a) People are interested in understanding why.
(b) People tell them to go back to their country.
(c) People confide in them that they feel that same way.
(d) People become suspicious of them.

3. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?
(a) Border agents were everywhere.
(b) The community actively protested the border wall.
(c) Despite the border wall the town was full of immigrants.
(d) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.

4. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
(a) Giving a reading from her latest novel.
(b) Teaching a class.
(c) Being interviewed for a talk show.
(d) Leading a discussion panel about Moroccan politics.

5. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?
(a) Portugal.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?

2. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?

3. What was Amado Martinez-Fuerte charged with?

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

5. What year was the case against Amado Martinez-Fuerte?

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