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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. What year was the case against Amado Martinez-Fuerte?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2016.

2. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?

4. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?

5. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who founded ISIS? With what terrorist group did he first train and in what country?

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

3. What are some of the strict rules Lalami says she learned of her religion in the chapter "Faith"?

4. What interesting fact does Lalami note at the 5 freeway on the Canada border?

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

6. Describe the stark differences Lalami notes on either side of the Texas-Mexico border wall.

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

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

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

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