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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lalami suggests that a common American perception that Arabs and Muslims are inferior comes from what source?
2. What did Lalaimi come to the United States to study?
3. What is one thing George W. Bush did, which Lalami suggests made Muslims feel "seen and heard for the first time" (8) in "Allegiance"?
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 is Lalami doing at the start of "Faith" when a woman in the audience asked about her upbringing in Morocco?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the history of Chinese immigration to American that Lalami notes in "Assimilation" between 1875 and 1924?
3. Why did Lalami originally move to the U.S. and how long did she plan to stay?
4. In what ways does Lalami say she lives in the gray zone at the end of "Faith"?
5. According to "Assimilation," what is the difference between how multiculturalists and nationalists define assimilation?
6. In "Borders," how many U.S. border checkpoints does Lalami learn are in the country? How many Americans live in border zones?
7. What information does Lalami provide about her mother's early life in "Faith"?
8. In "Faith," who does Lalami say helped to fund the Muhahideen?
9. What was the Demographics Unit that Lalami discusses at the end of "Allegiance"?
10. What was Pat Buchanan's response in 1992 against Bush's 1990 law allowing more immigrants to apply for visas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Lalami's commentary on gender in both America and Morocco. What is the same and what is different regarding how women are treated? Use examples to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
What do border walls signify in Conditional Citizens? What specific border walls are discussed in the book? How do these walls impact the narrative and develop themes of citizenship and inequality?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of Conditional Citizens. Who is she? What else has she written? How is Conditional Citizens similar or different from her previous works?
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