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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?
(a) 90%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 15%.

4. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?
(a) ISIS.
(b) Moroccan feminist scholars.
(c) Moroccan cuisine.
(d) Moroccan politics.

5. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?
(a) The Melilla border wall in Morocco.
(b) The Great Wall of China.
(c) The Mexico-United States Border Wall.
(d) The Berlin Wall in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?

2. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?

3. Which Al Quaeda leader did Al-Khalayalah join after his release from prison in 2001?

4. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?

5. What does Lalami receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?

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