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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. In "Assimilation," Lalami cites a New York Times article complaining that Chinese people do not assimilate like other cultures did. What year was this article published?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1790.

2. Which United States presidential administration does Lalami say helped to fund the Mujahideen when ISIS leaders joined them in Afghanistan?
(a) The Reagan administration.
(b) The Bush administration.
(c) The Nixon administration.
(d) The Clinton administration.

3. What does Lalami say things like poll taxes and literacy tests succeed at doing?
(a) Repressing the female vote.
(b) Repressing the Black and brown vote.
(c) Ensuring high voter turnout.
(d) Ensuring voter equity.

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

5. What changes did Lalami witness when she was in middle school and social conservatism took hold in Morocco?
(a) Fewer people got married or had children.
(b) Women stopped wearing headscarves and refused to marry.
(c) Parents began to arrange marriage for their daughters at a very young age.
(d) More women began to wear headscarves and more people attended mosques.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of "Faith," what does Lalami say her daughter told her she wanted to be?

3. In "Borders," Lalami writes that the Melilla border wall separates what?

4. In "Allegiance," what does Lalami says happens to Arabs and Muslims when they question the U.S. war in Afghanistan or Iraq?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways did Lalami's grandmother live a traditional Muslim life?

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

3. In "Faith," who does Lalami say helped to fund the Muhahideen?

4. While reading from her novel The Moor's Account, what questions do audience members ask?

5. How does Lalami describe Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding immigrants in "Borders"?

6. What does Lalami note at the end of "Allegiance" about the prior use of the Pomona Fairplex, where she received her citizenship?

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

8. According to "Assimilation," what is the difference between how multiculturalists and nationalists define assimilation?

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

10. What does Lalami say about the Melilla border in Morocco? How has it changed since she was a child? What does it aim to keep separate?

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