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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. How long do Layla and her parents have to pack their things for relocation?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 2 days.

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

3. What is it that overcomes Layla’s fight or flight response?
(a) Police dogs.
(b) Her weary parents.
(c) Her exhaustion.
(d) Armed guards.

4. What quote does Layla's father invoke from John Adams?
(a) That every democracy commits suicide.
(b) That he wishes he had more lives to give for his family.
(c) That people are meant to govern themselves.
(d) That revolution is necessary every 20 years.

5. How does Layla characterize Union Station’s architecture?
(a) Art deco-Mission style mashup.
(b) Brutalist.
(c) Neo-classical.
(d) Postmodern absurdism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of train takes Layla and her family to the relocation center?

2. How does Layla characterize her faith?

3. How does Ayesha characterize her fear?

4. What does Layla worry about as she and her parents leave the house?

5. What does Layla say her father’s poetry is about?

(see the answer key)

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