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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one reason Lalami offers for why countries build border walls?

3. What year was the case against Amado Martinez-Fuerte?

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

5. In "Borders," what does Lalami say grew after Spain transitioned from a dictatorship to a democracy starting in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Lalami's commentary on gender in both America and Morocco. What is the same and what is different regarding how women are treated? Use examples to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lalami's focus on the theme of inequality as presented in Conditional Citizens.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the topic of assimilation in Conditional Citizens. Define assimilation. How is the definition different between nationalists and multiculturalists? What are some examples Lalami cites of American expectations that immigrants should assimilate? In what ways were people forced to assimilate in America? What does she note about French immigrants in Morocco?

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