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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 California.
(b) A police officer in Texas.
(c) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.
(d) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.

2. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?
(a) Korean families send their kids to school to learn Korean.
(b) Koreans refuse to eat American cuisine.
(c) Koreans refuse to socialize with Americans.
(d) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.

3. 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 explain how the war could be safely ended.
(b) Glenn Beck asked Keith Ellison to go back to his own country.
(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.

4. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?
(a) If she was with the U.S. or against them.
(b) If she was a Muslim or a human being.
(c) If she was a terrorist.
(d) If she was related to any terrorists.

5. Rather than trying to assimilate to indigenous tribes, what did Europeans and early American settlers do to the natives?
(a) They found ways to work with the natives and honor their differences.
(b) They stayed away from all indigenous peoples.
(c) They sent indigenous peoples to Europe.
(d) They took children from families and sent them to boarding schools to learn their religion and culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami suspect audience members would not ask a white writer about?

2. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?

3. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?

4. What border wall does Lalami say Reagan condemned during his presidency?

5. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Lalami provide about her mother's early life in "Faith"?

2. What year is it and why is Lalami at a ceremony at the start of "Allegiance"?

3. In "Borders," how many U.S. border checkpoints does Lalami learn are in the country? How many Americans live in border zones?

4. What was the Demographics Unit that Lalami discusses at the end of "Allegiance"?

5. Describe Lalami's thoughts on how Arabs and Muslims are expected to act after events like 9/11?

6. Under what administration was Operation Hold the Line implemented? How successful was it?

7. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the gray zone at the end of "Faith"?

8. In "Faith," who does Lalami say helped to fund the Muhahideen?

9. In "Faith," what background does Lalami provided about her mother's early life and adolescence?

10. In "Faith," what does Lalami say about Muslim history in America? When did Muslim's first arrive? Why? How were they treated?

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