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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanied Lalami to her citizenship ceremony at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

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

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

4. What percentage of "religious-bias crimes" (14) targeted Muslims in 2007?
(a) 2%.
(b) 27%.
(c) 98%.
(d) 72%.

5. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami say contradicted Bush's claim that the Islam faith is not "the face of terror"(14)?
(a) His policy banning of Muslim internationals.
(b) His declaration that if you were not with the U.S. you were against us.
(c) His policy deporting Muslim citizens in the U.S.
(d) His administration's attempt to close down mosques.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say had to go to great lengths to show his love for America?

2. In what country was Laila Lalami born?

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

4. 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?

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

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