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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?
(a) Korean families send their kids to school to learn Korean.
(b) Koreans refuse to socialize with Americans.
(c) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.
(d) Koreans refuse to eat American cuisine.

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

3. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?
(a) The United States.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) Morocco.
(d) China.

4. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Personal favors in exchange for letting someone cross the border.
(c) Online browsing history and passwords to social media accounts.
(d) Family criminal history.

5. In "Assimilation," Lalami cites a New York Times article complaining that Chinese people do not assimilate like other cultures did. What year was this article published?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What border wall does Lalami describe seeing when she was on her way from L.A. to El Paso in the chapter "Borders"?

2. Lalami states that Trump's Muslim ban was another another attempt to maintain what?

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

4. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?

5. After Operation Hold the Line apprehensions at the border decreased, what increased?

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