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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what percent does Lalami say Latinx children are becoming proficient in English?
(a) 45%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 15%.

2. Under which administration was Operation Hold the Line, which allowed for increased Border Patrol presence?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Obama.
(c) Bush.
(d) Clinton.

3. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?
(a) Family criminal history.
(b) Personal favors in exchange for letting someone cross the border.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Online browsing history and passwords to social media accounts.

4. In "Faith," Lalami cites an article in Dabiq magazined entitled "The Extinction of the Gray Zone." What did this article praise?
(a) Lalami's novel, Moor's Account for its historical account of the enslavement of Muslims.
(b) The Iraq War for attempting to bring democracy to Iraq.
(c) The Boston Marathon bombing for increasing security at large events.
(d) The September 11 attacks for inspiring a new group of Islam militants.

5. What was Amado Martinez-Fuerte charged with?
(a) Refusing to cooperate with border agents.
(b) Drug trafficking.
(c) Illegally transporting aliens.
(d) Trying to submit a phony passport.

6. What does Lalami say she observed in Marfa, where she arrived after being stopped at the Sierra Blanca border?
(a) People did not know there were checkpoints throughout the United States.
(b) Border agents were everywhere.
(c) The community actively protested the border wall.
(d) Despite the border wall the town was full of immigrants.

7. What country did ISIS founder Ahmed Fadhil al-Nazal al-Khalaylah go to Afghanistan to help fight against?
(a) China.
(b) The United States.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Morocco.

8. In "Assimilation," what reason does Lalami cite for why enslaved peoples were not taught to read?
(a) They already knew how to read.
(b) It was believed that literacy would lead to rebellion.
(c) They showed no interest in learning to read.
(d) There were no teachers available.

9. In "Assimilation," what example did Lalami's airplane seatmate give of Koreans in Gardena, California refusing to assimilate?
(a) Koreans refuse to eat American cuisine.
(b) Koreans still dress like they do in Korea.
(c) Korean families send their kids to school to learn Korean.
(d) Koreans refuse to socialize with Americans.

10. What did someone ask Lalami via email after her first book was published?
(a) If she was a terrorist.
(b) If she was with the U.S. or against them.
(c) If she was a Muslim or a human being.
(d) If she was related to any terrorists.

11. What border wall does Lalami describe seeing when she was on her way from L.A. to El Paso in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) Texas-Mexico.
(b) Florida-Mexico.
(c) Canada-United States.
(d) California-Mexico.

12. How many checkpoints like the one in Sierra Blanca does Lalami say are in the United States in the chapter "Borders"?
(a) 52.
(b) 13.
(c) 653.
(d) 136.

13. What does Lalami note about the 5 freeway where the Canadian border is?
(a) There is a steel border fence along it.
(b) There are no border patrol agents there.
(c) It is falling apart.
(d) It is a major route for drug trafficking.

14. What border wall does Lalami say Reagan condemned during his presidency?
(a) The Great Wall of China.
(b) The Berlin Wall in Germany.
(c) The Melilla border wall in Morocco.
(d) The Mexico-United States Border Wall.

15. What does Lalami say people from poor countries who immigrate are called in "Assimilation"?
(a) Migrants.
(b) Newbies.
(c) Expats.
(d) Immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Rather than trying to assimilate to indigenous tribes, what did Europeans and early American settlers do to the natives?

3. What is one reason Lalami offers for why countries build border walls?

4. In "Border," Lalami writes that by 1953 the border zone was expanded from 25 miles to how may miles?

5. At the start of "Borders," Lalami describes being stopped at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in what state?

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