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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Inheritance," and "Do Not Despair This Country" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

2. At what age does Lalami say she began to experience harassment in Morocco?
(a) 8.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

3. According to the beginning of "Do Not Despair This Country," who claimed "all men are created equal" (160)?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2020.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?

2. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?

3. What famous American was one of the most vocal in questioning Obama's citizenship?

4. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?

5. What is one way that Lalami suggests equal voting rights can be achieved?

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