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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Tribe".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?
(a) 100%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 45%.

2. Why does Lalami suspect her daughter quickly gave up speaking Arabic when they returned to the United States?
(a) She quickly forgot the language.
(b) Kids at school made fun of her.
(c) To feel a greater sense of belonging.
(d) Because she had nobody to speak Arabic with.

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

4. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Pride.
(c) Disgrace.
(d) Failure.

5. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) China.
(c) The United States.
(d) Morocco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?

3. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?

4. Lalami states that Trump's Muslim ban was another another attempt to maintain what?

5. In "Assimilation," what reason does Lalami cite for why enslaved peoples were not taught to read?

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