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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. After Operation Hold the Line apprehensions at the border decreased, what increased?
(a) The number of people applying for citizenship.
(b) The number of people applying to be border patrol agents.
(c) The number of nearby illegal crossings.
(d) The number of visa applicants.

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

3. 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) French immigrants were not required to change their language or clothing styles.
(c) French immigrants were lauded for their cultural differences.
(d) Moroccans and French immigrants did not associate with one another.

4. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) 653.
(b) 52.
(c) 13.
(d) 136.

5. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2013.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?

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

3. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?

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

5. What did talk show host Bill Maher say on his show that resulted in advertisers pulling their ads?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What was Pat Buchanan's response in 1992 against Bush's 1990 law allowing more immigrants to apply for visas?

5. What are some differences Lalami highlights between how white writers are seen versus Arab and Muslim writers?

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

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

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

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

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

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