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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?
(a) A police officer in Texas.
(b) A police officer in California.
(c) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.
(d) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.

2. In "Borders," what example does Lalami cite of the increasingly divisive rhetoric coming from the Trump administration in regards to border walls?
(a) A border wall would separate bad laws from good laws.
(b) A border wall would separate the educated from the uneducated.
(c) A border wall would separate cleanliness from pollution.
(d) A border wall would separate decent people from criminals.

3. At the start of "Borders," Lalami describes being stopped at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

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

5. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?
(a) She was suffering dementia.
(b) She was in the middle of a divorce.
(c) Lalami needed help with their daughter.
(d) She had just had knee surgery.

6. What did Glenn Beck ask of Muslim-American politician Keith Ellison when he spoke about ending the war in Iraq?
(a) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to go back to his own country.
(b) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to explain how the war could be safely ended.
(c) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to give him three good reasons the U.S. did not belong in Iraq or Afghanistan.
(d) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to prove he was not working with the terrorists.

7. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?
(a) She had been in the U.S. for 20 years and ISIS was a recently formed terrorist organization.
(b) She had already talked about ISIS at the reading.
(c) Her thoughts on ISIS are clearly laid out in her novel.
(d) Lalami began the discussion by saying she did not wish to discuss ISIS.

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

9. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?
(a) People confide in them that they feel that same way.
(b) People tell them to go back to their country.
(c) People become suspicious of them.
(d) People are interested in understanding why.

10. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Bush.

11. In "Assimilation," what reason does Lalami cite for why enslaved peoples were not taught to read?
(a) They already knew how to read.
(b) There were no teachers available.
(c) It was believed that literacy would lead to rebellion.
(d) They showed no interest in learning to read.

12. In "Faith," Lalami cites an article in Dabiq magazined entitled "The Extinction of the Gray Zone." What did this article praise?
(a) The Iraq War for attempting to bring democracy to Iraq.
(b) The Boston Marathon bombing for increasing security at large events.
(c) The September 11 attacks for inspiring a new group of Islam militants.
(d) Lalami's novel, Moor's Account for its historical account of the enslavement of Muslims.

13. 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.

14. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?
(a) Forgetting the past.
(b) Learning from one's mistakes.
(c) Wasting money.
(d) Banning immigrants.

15. What does Lalami say was the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit?
(a) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to create new jobs in the city.
(b) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to find Muslims to deport.
(c) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to spy on Muslims.
(d) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to curb hate crimes against Muslims.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?

2. Rather than trying to assimilate to indigenous tribes, what did Europeans and early American settlers do to the natives?

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

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

5. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?

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