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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 "Allegiance," how many leads does Lalami say the NYPD Demographics Unit generated in six years?
(a) Zero.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

2. What does Lalami say happens after an ISIS attack?
(a) People act nicer to Muslims for fear they will harm them.
(b) None of her friends will talk to her.
(c) Hate crimes against Muslims increase.
(d) Muslims are fired from their jobs.

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

4. After a steel fence was built at the California-Mexico border the number of illegal crossings declined, while the number of what increased?
(a) Citizenship ceremonies.
(b) Immigrant deaths.
(c) Passport applications.
(d) Legal crossings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Laila Lalami say she became a U.S. citizen in "Allegiance"?

2. When a woman in the audience asks Lalami about her upbringing in Morocco, what topic did the conversation shift to?

3. In "Faith," Lalami cites an article in Dabiq magazined entitled "The Extinction of the Gray Zone." What did this article praise?

4. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of Chinese immigration to American that Lalami notes in "Assimilation" between 1875 and 1924?

2. In "Faith," what background does Lalami provided about her mother's early life and adolescence?

3. Under what administration was Operation Hold the Line implemented? How successful was it?

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

5. Describe Trump's "deceitful move" in banning Muslims according to Lalami in "Allegiance."

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

7. What year is it and why is Lalami at a ceremony at the start of "Allegiance"?

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

9. 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"?

10. Describe Lalami's thoughts on how Arabs and Muslims are expected to act after events like 9/11?

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