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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. How is Melilla's border different from when Lalami was a child?

2. What country ruled Morocco when Lalami's mother was born in 1941?

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

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

5. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Demographics Unit that Lalami discusses at the end of "Allegiance"?

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

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

5. 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"?

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

7. What are some things Lalami had to do in order to become a U.S. citizen?

8. 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.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Lalami's language style and word choice in Conditional Citizens. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an analysis of Lalami's commentary on poverty in Conditional Citizens. What examples of poverty does she include? How is America's view of poverty different from how Lalami describes Morocco's view?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of Conditional Citizens. Who is she? What else has she written? How is Conditional Citizens similar or different from her previous works?

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