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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Lalami say Trump's ban of North Koreans entering the country was a deceitful move?
(a) Because he knew it would not be enforced.
(b) Because people from North Korea do not like to travel to America.
(c) Because North Korea is a Muslim-majority country.
(d) Because North Korea already prevents its people from leaving their homeland.

3. In what country was Laila Lalami born?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Morocco.

4. Why was Lalami's mother-in-law living with her at the time of the twin tower attacks?
(a) Lalami needed help with their daughter.
(b) She was in the middle of a divorce.
(c) She was suffering dementia.
(d) She had just had knee surgery.

5. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?
(a) Repressing the Black and brown vote.
(b) Ensuring high voter turnout.
(c) Repressing the female vote.
(d) Ensuring voter equity.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?

3. Who asked Lalaimi's husband how many camels he had to trade to make her his wife in "Allegiance"?

4. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?

5. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?

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