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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Bush.

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

3. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?
(a) To help the border agents because they lost funding.
(b) To stop illegal border crossings.
(c) To help immigrants cross over illegally.
(d) Because of an increase in racial profiling.

4. In what year was citizenship extended to Native Americans?
(a) 2014.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1724.

5. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?
(a) Schools were banned from teaching about the history of Muslims in America.
(b) Enslaved Muslims were forced to give up their religion and their names were changed.
(c) All Muslims were later sent back to their homeland.
(d) Muslims did not discuss their religion openly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?

2. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?

3. Which 1790 act described in "Tribe," limited citizenship to "free white persons" (103)?

4. In "Tribe," who does Lalami say is the only constituency Trump never faulted for anything?

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

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