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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami say Muslims in America are required to do after an ISIS attack?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Condemn terrorism.
(c) Hide out at home until things blow over.
(d) Attend prayers at a mosque.

2. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?
(a) Fewer people got married or had children.
(b) Parents began to arrange marriage for their daughters at a very young age.
(c) More women began to wear headscarves and more people attended mosques.
(d) Women stopped wearing headscarves and refused to marry.

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

4. 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 the educated from the uneducated.
(c) A border wall would separate bad laws from good laws.
(d) A border wall would separate cleanliness from pollution.

5. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Portugal.
(d) The United States.

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

7. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?
(a) French immigrants were not allowed to stay for long periods in Morocco.
(b) Moroccans and French immigrants did not associate with one another.
(c) French immigrants were not required to change their language or clothing styles.
(d) French immigrants were lauded for their cultural differences.

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

9. Why did residents of Arivaca, Arizona set up a watch group at a border, according to Lalami in "Borders"?
(a) To stop illegal border crossings.
(b) Because of an increase in racial profiling.
(c) To help immigrants cross over illegally.
(d) To help the border agents because they lost funding.

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

11. In "Borders," what does Lalami say grew after Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to a democracy starting in 1975?
(a) Economic disparities between Spain and Morocco.
(b) Political tension between Spain and France.
(c) Language barriers between the Spanish and the Moroccans.
(d) Economic disparities between France and Spain.

12. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.
(b) Muslims are fired from their jobs.
(c) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.
(d) None of her friends will talk to her.

13. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?
(a) Bush.
(b) Trump.
(c) Obama.
(d) McCain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many visas does Lalami say are issued to people from Muslim-majority countries on Trump's ban list?

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

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

4. How many vehicle stops did the group in Arivaca, Arizona note?

5. In 1992, Pat Buchanan ran for the Republican nomination saying he was focused on preserving what?

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