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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 North Korea is a Muslim-majority country.
(b) Because people from North Korea do not like to travel to America.
(c) Because he knew it would not be enforced.
(d) Because North Korea already prevents its people from leaving their homeland.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?

2. Why did the U.S. repatriate 2 million Mexicans in the 1930s?

3. In what year was the first mosque built in America after Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders arrived in the country?

4. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lalami note at the end of "Allegiance" about the prior use of the Pomona Fairplex, where she received her citizenship?

2. According to "Assimilation," what is the difference between how multiculturalists and nationalists define assimilation?

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

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

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

6. In what ways did Lalami's grandmother live a traditional Muslim life?

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

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

9. Describe John McCain's response to a woman who said she could not trust Obama because he was "an Arab"(18) and what is the implication according to Lalami in "Allegiance"?

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

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