Conditional Citizens Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Laila Lalami
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Conditional Citizens Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Laila Lalami
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Borders," and "Assimilation" .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Political Science.
(d) Linguistics.

3. What is one of the strict rules of Islam Lalami says she learned in middle school?
(a) She learned she was not allowed to be seen in public.
(b) She learned that she could not eat certain foods.
(c) She learned that she could no longer go to school.
(d) She learned that men had authority over women and acted as their guardians.

4. How many visas does Lalami say are issued to people from Muslim-majority countries on Trump's ban list?
(a) 0.
(b) 40.
(c) 275.
(d) 70,000.

5. 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 had just had knee surgery.
(c) She was suffering dementia.
(d) She was in the middle of a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Assimilation," what reason does Lalami cite for why enslaved peoples were not taught to read?

2. In "Borders," what does Lalami say people are not protected by at U.S. entry points?

3. What are some reasons Lalami cites for the Muslim religion being virtually erased after enslaved Muslims were brought to the U.S.?

4. After a steel fence was built at the California-Mexico border the number of illegal crossings declined, while the number of what increased?

5. Which Al Quaeda leader did Al-Khalayalah join after his release from prison in 2001?

(see the answer key)

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