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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lalami ends the chapter, "Allegiance," stating that "there is nothing more American" (28) than doing what?
(a) Forgetting the past.
(b) Banning immigrants.
(c) Wasting money.
(d) Learning from one's mistakes.

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

3. 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 spy on Muslims.
(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 find Muslims to deport.
(d) Lalami says the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit was to create new jobs in the city.

4. Where was Lalami and what was she doing when she was handed a flyer by the Muslim Public Affairs Council to vote for George W. Bush?
(a) She was at a cafe ordering a coffee.
(b) She was giving blood at a nearby mosque.
(c) She was at the university heading to work.
(d) She was in the midst of a Q&A at a reading of her latest novel.

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?
(a) He was Arab.
(b) He was Black.
(c) He was too young.
(d) He was not a U.S. citizen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Lalami say George W. Bush received 45,000 Muslim votes?

2. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?

3. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?

4. What famous American was one of the most vocal in questioning Obama's citizenship?

5. In "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?

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