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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Lalami and what was she doing when she was handed a flyer by the Muslim Public Affairs Council to vote for George W. Bush?
(a) She was giving blood at a nearby mosque.
(b) She was in the midst of a Q&A at a reading of her latest novel.
(c) She was at the university heading to work.
(d) She was at a cafe ordering a coffee.

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

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

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

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

8. 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 already knew how to read.
(c) They showed no interest in learning to read.
(d) There were no teachers available.

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

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

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

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

13. In 1992, Pat Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination saying he was focused on preserving what?
(a) Multiculturalism.
(b) American nationalism.
(c) Our Western heritage.
(d) American prosperity.

14. 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 decent people from criminals.
(b) A border wall would separate bad laws from good laws.
(c) A border wall would separate cleanliness from pollution.
(d) A border wall would separate the educated from the uneducated.

15. What does Lalami suspect audience members would not ask a white writer about?
(a) The KKK.
(b) Black History Month.
(c) The Quran.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What border wall does Lalami say Nixon condemned during his presidency?

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

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

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

5. After a steel fence was built at the California-Mexico border the number of illegal crossings declined, while the number of what increased?

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