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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Zero.

2. What was Amado Martinez-Fuerte charged with?
(a) Refusing to cooperate with border agents.
(b) Illegally transporting aliens.
(c) Drug trafficking.
(d) Trying to submit a phony passport.

3. 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 refuse to eat American cuisine.
(d) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.

4. 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) Japanese internment.
(c) Making weapons.
(d) Military training.

5. What did talk show host Bill Maher say on his show that resulted in advertisers pulling their ads?
(a) Muslims are not all terrorists.
(b) The terrorists were not cowards.
(c) All Muslims were cowards.
(d) All Muslims are terrorists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

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

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

4. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?

5. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?

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