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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lalami receive in exchange for her alien-registration card at her citizenship ceremony?
(a) Sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner.
(b) A miniature American flag.
(c) An American eagle token.
(d) A slice of Apple pie.

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

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

4. Under which presidential administration was the war in Iraq launched?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Bush.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Reagan.

5. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the so-called gray zone in the chapter "Faith"?
(a) She is Muslim, but has not been home in over 20 years.
(b) She is Muslim but she does not wear a headscarf.
(c) She is Muslim but she does not talk to other people about her religion.
(d) She is Muslim, but she does not follow strict dietary laws on rituals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Lalami's mother forced to follow after being sent to an orphanage after her parents died?

2. What does Lalami say was the sole purpose of the NYPD Demographics Unit?

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

4. What was George W. Bush scheduled to do the afternoon of September 11, 2001?

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

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