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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?
(a) McCain.
(b) Bush.
(c) Obama.
(d) Trump.

2. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?
(a) A police officer in California.
(b) A police officer in Texas.
(c) A border agent at L.A. International Airport.
(d) A border agent at the Hong Kong International Airport.

3. Which presidential administration does Lalami cite as starting the war on drugs, which resulted in mass incarceration of Black Americans?
(a) Bush.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Reagan.

4. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1994.

5. What does Lalami say was the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit?
(a) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to find Muslims to deport.
(b) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to curb hate crimes against Muslims.
(c) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to create new jobs in the city.
(d) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to spy on Muslims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lalami receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?

2. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?

3. What does Lalami suspect audience members would not ask a white writer about?

4. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?

5. When Obama was running for president, Lalami says a women in a town hall told John McCain she could not trust Obama. What reason did she cite for this distrust?

(see the answer key)

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