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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?
(a) Morocco.
(b) China.
(c) The United States.
(d) Soviet Union.

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

3. 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) Canada-United States.
(c) Florida-Mexico.
(d) California-Mexico.

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

5. Lalami writes that border walls have put migration routes in the hands of whom?
(a) Government officials.
(b) Border agents.
(c) Traffickers.
(d) Corrupt police.

6. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?
(a) He nominated a Muslim Vice President.
(b) He invited Talat Othman to deliver Muslim prayer at the Republican National Convention.
(c) He brought to light the media's negative portrayal of Muslims.
(d) He nominated the first Muslim Supreme Court justice.

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

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

9. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?
(a) She learned that she could no longer go to school.
(b) She learned she was not allowed to be seen in public.
(c) She learned that she could not eat certain foods.
(d) She learned that men had authority over women and acted as their guardians.

10. 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) 1790.
(c) 2009.
(d) 1990.

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

12. What changes does Lalami say began to take place at the borders after 2006 while more border fence was built?
(a) Border agents were laid off.
(b) Mexico-American relations became more strained.
(c) The border became more militarized.
(d) Illegal crossings increased.

13. 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 had just had knee surgery.
(c) She was in the middle of a divorce.
(d) Lalami needed help with their daughter.

14. What was George W. Bush scheduled to do the afternoon of September 11, 2001?
(a) He was to meet with Arab and Muslim leaders.
(b) He was to deliver his state of the union address.
(c) He was to read a book about diversity to a preschool class.
(d) He was to throw the first pitch at the World Series.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?

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

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

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

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