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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. Why does Lalami say Trump's ban of North Koreans entering the country was a deceitful move?
(a) Because people from North Korea do not like to travel to America.
(b) Because North Korea already prevents its people from leaving their homeland.
(c) Because North Korea is a Muslim-majority country.
(d) Because he knew it would not be enforced.

2. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Hinduism.

3. Which group was stopped the most at the Arivaca, Arizona checkpoint?
(a) Asian motorists.
(b) White motorists.
(c) LatinX motorists.
(d) Black motorists.

4. What is one reason Lalami offers for why countries build border walls?
(a) To protect against military occupation.
(b) To preserve native language.
(c) For aesthetics.
(d) To keep out those who might take jobs away from natives.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?

2. Lalami writes that border walls have put migration routes in the hands of whom?

3. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

4. In what country was Laila Lalami born?

5. What does Lalami say people from industrialized countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lalami describe Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding immigrants in "Borders"?

2. Describe Trump's "deceitful move" in banning Muslims according to Lalami in "Allegiance."

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

4. What is the history of Chinese immigration to American that Lalami notes in "Assimilation" between 1875 and 1924?

5. While reading from her novel The Moor's Account, what questions do audience members ask?

6. Why did Lalami originally move to the U.S. and how long did she plan to stay?

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

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

9. Describe the difference Lalami notes between how she was treated at work in 2000 after she became a citizen and how she was treated a year later after the September 11 attacks.

10. What difference does Lalami note between Obama and Trump regarding their allegiance to America?

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