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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?
(a) Obama.
(b) Trump.
(c) McCain.
(d) Bush.

4. How many visas does Lalami say are issued to people from Muslim-majority countries on Trump's ban list?
(a) 0.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 40.
(d) 275.

5. What does Lalami say people from poor countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?
(a) Newbies.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Expats.
(d) Migrants.

6. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) 52.
(b) 653.
(c) 136.
(d) 13.

7. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?
(a) Women stopped wearing headscarves and refused to marry.
(b) Parents began to arrange marriage for their daughters at a very young age.
(c) Fewer people got married or had children.
(d) More women began to wear headscarves and more people attended mosques.

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) There was a global pandemic.
(d) They wanted to go home.

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

10. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?
(a) Enslaved Muslims were forced to give up their religion and their names were changed.
(b) Muslims did not discuss their religion openly.
(c) Schools were banned from teaching about the history of Muslims in America.
(d) All Muslims were later sent back to their homeland.

11. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?
(a) Moroccan cuisine.
(b) ISIS.
(c) Moroccan politics.
(d) Moroccan feminist scholars.

12. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Bush.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Obama.

13. What group did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah join after dropping out of high school?
(a) The Mujahideen.
(b) Al Shabab.
(c) Al Quaeda.
(d) Taliban.

14. 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) An American eagle token.
(d) A slice of Apple pie.

15. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?
(a) Despite the border wall the town was full of immigrants.
(b) Border agents were everywhere.
(c) The community actively protested the border wall.
(d) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?

2. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?

3. What is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?

4. How is Melilla's border different from when Lalami was a child?

5. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?

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