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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?
(a) Making weapons.
(b) Japanese internment.
(c) Military training.
(d) It served as a food pantry.

2. What is one reason Lalami offers for why countries build border walls?
(a) For aesthetics.
(b) To preserve native language.
(c) To keep out those who might take jobs away from natives.
(d) To protect against military occupation.

3. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

4. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
(a) Being interviewed for a talk show.
(b) Leading a discussion panel about Moroccan politics.
(c) Teaching a class.
(d) Giving a reading from her latest novel.

5. Who shot nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church according to Lalami in "Faith"?
(a) Morgan Roof.
(b) Nikolas Cruz.
(c) Al-Zarquawi.
(d) Dylann Roof.

6. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?
(a) Disgrace.
(b) Triumph.
(c) Pride.
(d) Failure.

7. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.
(b) Muslims are fired from their jobs.
(c) None of her friends will talk to her.
(d) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.

8. Why did the U.S. repatriate 2 million Mexicans in the 1930s?
(a) They were being blamed for the economic downturn.
(b) Mexico demanded they be sent back.
(c) They wanted to go home.
(d) There was a global pandemic.

9. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?
(a) French immigrants were not required to change their language or clothing styles.
(b) Moroccans and French immigrants did not associate with one another.
(c) French immigrants were lauded for their cultural differences.
(d) French immigrants were not allowed to stay for long periods in Morocco.

10. What does Lalami suspect audience members would not ask a white writer about?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) Black History Month.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The Quran.

11. Whom did the 1924 Johnson Reed Act ban from immigrating to the United States?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Africans.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Asians.

12. After Operation Hold the Line apprehensions at the border decreased, what increased?
(a) The number of nearby illegal crossings.
(b) The number of people applying for citizenship.
(c) The number of people applying to be border patrol agents.
(d) The number of visa applicants.

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

14. Approximately what percent of enslaved people brought to America does Lalami say were Muslim in "Faith"?
(a) 55%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 2%.

15. What year was the case against Amado Martinez-Fuerte?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?

2. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?

3. Lalami writes that border walls have put migration routes in the hands of whom?

4. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?

5. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?

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