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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Morocco gain its independence?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1956.
(d) 2013.

2. What is one reason Lalami is taken aback when the woman in the audience at her reading of her novel asked about ISIS?
(a) She had already talked about ISIS at the reading.
(b) Lalami began the discussion by saying she did not wish to discuss ISIS.
(c) She had been in the U.S. for 20 years and ISIS was a recently formed terrorist organization.
(d) Her thoughts on ISIS are clearly laid out in her novel.

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

4. At the end of "Allegiance," Lalami says that the place where she received her citizenship was used for what during World War II?
(a) Japanese internment.
(b) Military training.
(c) Making weapons.
(d) It served as a food pantry.

5. Which presidential candidate does Lalami say called Americans "foolish," "dumb," and "very, very stupid" (21)?
(a) Trump.
(b) Bush.
(c) Obama.
(d) McCain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Laila Lalami born?

2. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami say contradicted Bush's claim that the Islam faith is not "the face of terror"(14)?

3. 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?

4. Lalami cites a poll at the end of "Faith," in which how many people said they would not vote for a Muslim presidential candidate?

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

(see the answer key)

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