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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What administration in 1990 enacted a law that would allow more immigrants to apply for visas?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Bush.
(c) Trump.
(d) Obama.

3. Why was there a border at the city of Melilla in Morocco which Lalami recalls from her childhood?
(a) Because Melilla was controlled by France.
(b) Because all cities in Morocco had borders.
(c) Because Melilla was part of the United States.
(d) Because Melilla was part of Spain.

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

5. Lalami ends the chapter "Borders," saying that border walls have been monuments of what?
(a) Disgrace.
(b) Pride.
(c) Failure.
(d) Triumph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things Lalami says Border patrol agents are allowed to ask for at U.S. checkpoints?

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

3. In what ways does Lalami say assimilation of immigrants was not required when she was growing up in Morocco?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What difference does Lalami note between Obama and Trump regarding their allegiance to America?

2. Who founded ISIS? With what terrorist group did he first train and in what country?

3. In "Faith," what does Lalami say about Muslim history in America? When did Muslim's first arrive? Why? How were they treated?

4. What are some things Lalami had to do in order to become a U.S. citizen?

5. What interesting fact does Lalami note at the 5 freeway on the Canada border?

6. Describe the conversation Lalami had with a seat mate on an airplane about Koreans in Gardena, California.

7. Describe John McCain's response to a woman who said she could not trust Obama because he was "an Arab"(18) and what is the implication according to Lalami in "Allegiance"?

8. Describe the difference Lalami notes between how she was treated at work in 2000 after she became a citizen and how she was treated a year later after the September 11 attacks.

9. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the gray zone at the end of "Faith"?

10. Describe the stark differences Lalami notes on either side of the Texas-Mexico border wall.

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