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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?
(a) A doctor.
(b) President.
(c) A linguist.
(d) A social justice activist.

3. Why was there a border at the city of Melilla in Morocco which Lalami recalls from her childhood?
(a) Because all cities in Morocco had borders.
(b) Because Melilla was part of the United States.
(c) Because Melilla was part of Spain.
(d) Because Melilla was controlled by France.

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

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

6. 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) 1890.
(c) 2009.
(d) 1990.

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

8. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2020.
(d) 2016.

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

10. 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 in the middle of a divorce.
(d) She was suffering dementia.

11. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

12. After the Martinez-Fuerte case, the Supreme Court ruled it was okay to pull aside people based on what?
(a) Gender.
(b) Mexican-ancestry.
(c) Appearance of poverty.
(d) Political affiliation.

13. What administration in 1990 enacted a law that would allow more immigrants to apply for visas?
(a) Trump.
(b) Bush.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Obama.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?

2. In "Borders," Lalami writes that the Melilla border wall separates what?

3. Lalami suggests that a common American perception that Arabs and Muslims are inferior comes from what source?

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

5. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?

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