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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) 136.
(b) 13.
(c) 653.
(d) 52.

2. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?
(a) She is Muslim but she does not talk to other people about her religion.
(b) She is Muslim but she does not wear a headscarf.
(c) She is Muslim, but has not been home in over 20 years.
(d) She is Muslim, but she does not follow strict dietary laws on rituals.

3. Lalami suggests that a common American perception that Arabs and Muslims are inferior comes from what source?
(a) American media.
(b) Modern art.
(c) Social media.
(d) American textbooks.

4. After a steel fence was built at the California-Mexico border the number of illegal crossings declined, while the number of what increased?
(a) Citizenship ceremonies.
(b) Legal crossings.
(c) Passport applications.
(d) Immigrant deaths.

5. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?
(a) Ensuring high voter turnout.
(b) Ensuring voter equity.
(c) Repressing the female vote.
(d) Repressing the Black and brown vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?

2. In "Borders," Lalami writes that the Melilla border wall separates what?

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

4. At the start of "Borders," Lalami describes being stopped at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in what state?

5. What box does Lalami say she used to check when first confronted with American paperwork that included a section on race?

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