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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 is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?
(a) She had already talked about ISIS at the reading.
(b) Her thoughts on ISIS are clearly laid out in her novel.
(c) Lalami began the discussion by saying she did not wish to discuss ISIS.
(d) She had been in the U.S. for 20 years and ISIS was a recently formed terrorist organization.

2. In "Borders," what does Lalami say Spain began to do in 1991 after more Moroccans sought work in Melilla?
(a) Spain hired more Moroccans to work in Melilla.
(b) Spain offered incentives to companies in Melilla to hire Moroccans because they could pay them less.
(c) Spain imposed more visa restrictions.
(d) Spain offered incentives to companies in Melilla to hire only those who live in Melilla.

3. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.
(b) None of her friends will talk to her.
(c) Muslims are fired from their jobs.
(d) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.

4. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami say contradicted Bush's claim that the Islam faith is not "the face of terror"(14)?
(a) His policy deporting Muslim citizens in the U.S.
(b) His administration's attempt to close down mosques.
(c) His policy banning of Muslim internationals.
(d) His declaration that if you were not with the U.S. you were against us.

5. What border wall does Lalami describe seeing when she was on her way from L.A. to El Paso in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) California-Mexico.
(b) Florida-Mexico.
(c) Canada-United States.
(d) Texas-Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?

3. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?

4. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the conversation Lalami had with a seat mate on an airplane about Koreans in Gardena, California.

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

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

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

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

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