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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1890.
(b) 2009.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1790.

2. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?
(a) 27%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 2%.
(d) 72%.

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

4. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?
(a) 4%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 15%.

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

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

7. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?
(a) She is Muslim, but she does not follow strict dietary laws on rituals.
(b) She is Muslim but she does not talk to other people about her religion.
(c) She is Muslim but she does not wear a headscarf.
(d) She is Muslim, but has not been home in over 20 years.

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

9. After a steel fence was built at the California-Mexico border the number of illegal crossings declined, while the number of what increased?
(a) Citizenship ceremonies.
(b) Passport applications.
(c) Legal crossings.
(d) Immigrant deaths.

10. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Bush.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Reagan.

11. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?
(a) If she was with the U.S. or against them.
(b) If she was related to any terrorists.
(c) If she was a Muslim or a human being.
(d) If she was a terrorist.

12. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

13. Which group was stopped the most at the Arivaca, Arizona checkpoint?
(a) White motorists.
(b) Black motorists.
(c) Asian motorists.
(d) LatinX motorists.

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

15. What border wall does Lalami describe seeing when she was on her way from L.A. to El Paso in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) Texas-Mexico.
(b) Florida-Mexico.
(c) Canada-United States.
(d) California-Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?

2. In "Faith," Lalami cites an article in Dabiq magazined entitled "The Extinction of the Gray Zone." What did this article praise?

3. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?

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

5. What did Glenn Beck ask of Muslim-American politician Keith Ellison when he spoke about ending the war in Iraq?

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