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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, pages 59-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Layla's parents say will happen if they speak up against the restrictions?
(a) They will be fired.
(b) They will be blacklisted.
(c) They will be disappeared.
(d) They will be jailed.

2. Where does Ayesha say she is from?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Yemen.
(d) San Francisco.

3. How does Layla characterize her experience of entering the camp?
(a) Crystalline.
(b) Feverish.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Hallucinatory.

4. What hope does David offer Layla in the face of restrictions against Muslims?
(a) People are fighting.
(b) Businesses will close.
(c) Petitions are circulating.
(d) Law enforcement will stop it.

5. Where is David’s mother from?
(a) Yemen.
(b) Syria.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Eritrea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is David’s father’s religion?

2. What do Layla's parents forbid?

3. Who is Soheil having a confrontation with, while Layla and Ayesha are talking?

4. At the beginning of the book, how long ago have all Muslims been fired from their jobs?

5. What distinguishing mark does the guard have, who intervenes to get Layla out of trouble on the train?

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