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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?
(a) 2013.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1956.

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

4. In "Borders," what does Lalami say Spain began to do in 1991 after more Moroccans sought work in Melilla?
(a) Spain offered incentives to companies in Melilla to hire Moroccans because they could pay them less.
(b) Spain offered incentives to companies in Melilla to hire only those who live in Melilla.
(c) Spain hired more Moroccans to work in Melilla.
(d) Spain imposed more visa restrictions.

5. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?
(a) Family criminal history.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Online browsing history and passwords to social media accounts.
(d) Personal favors in exchange for letting someone cross the border.

6. What does Lalami note about the 5 freeway where the Canadian border is?
(a) There is a steel border fence along it.
(b) It is a major route for drug trafficking.
(c) It is falling apart.
(d) There are no border patrol agents there.

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

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

9. Which Al Quaeda leader did Al-Khalayalah join after his release from prison in 2001?
(a) Osama bin-Laden.
(b) Tim Osman.
(c) Abu Musab al-Zarquawi.
(d) King Hussein.

10. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say called Americans "foolish," "dumb," and "very, very stupid" (21)?
(a) Trump.
(b) Bush.
(c) McCain.
(d) Obama.

11. 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.

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

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

14. In what country was Laila Lalami born?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Egypt.

15. 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) 1790.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1890.
(d) 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was there a border at the city of Melilla in Morocco which Lalami recalls from her childhood?

2. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?

3. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?

4. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?

5. What administration in 1990 enacted a law that would allow more immigrants to apply for visas?

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