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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?
(a) A miniature American flag.
(b) Sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner.
(c) A slice of Apple pie.
(d) An American eagle token.

2. In "Tribe," what category does Lalami say Arabs fall under in the U.S.?
(a) Black.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Other.

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

4. In 2010, after campaign for a write in option on the census marked "Other" what were Arabs informed would happen if they checked other and wrote in Arab?
(a) They would be marked as white.
(b) They would be marked as Arab.
(c) Their census data would not be counted.
(d) They would be marked as Black.

5. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?
(a) President.
(b) A linguist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A social justice activist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?

2. 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?

3. Who shot nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church according to Lalami in "Faith"?

4. In "Tribe," what does Lalami say about the way non-white people are often treated in public spaces, particularly those "characterized as elite" (107)?

5. In "Borders," what does Lalami say people are not protected by at U.S. entry points?

(see the answer key)

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