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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Tribe".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?
(a) Obama.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Bush.

2. What changes does Lalami say began to take place at the borders after 2006 while more border fence was built?
(a) Border agents were laid off.
(b) Mexico-American relations became more strained.
(c) The border became more militarized.
(d) Illegal crossings increased.

3. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?
(a) It served as a food pantry.
(b) Military training.
(c) Making weapons.
(d) Japanese internment.

4. What year was the case against Amado Martinez-Fuerte?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2016.

5. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?
(a) If she was with the U.S. or against them.
(b) If she was a Muslim or a human being.
(c) If she was related to any terrorists.
(d) If she was a terrorist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Lalami suggests that a common American perception that Arabs and Muslims are inferior comes from what source?

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

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

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