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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10, pages 88-130.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Ayesha?
(a) Layla’s age.
(b) Older than Layla.
(c) Older than Layla’s mother.
(d) Much younger than Layla.

3. What kind of train takes Layla and her family to the relocation center?
(a) High-speed train.
(b) Cattle cars.
(c) Freight train.
(d) Commuter train.

4. How does Ayesha characterize her fear?
(a) As a test.
(b) As a superpower.
(c) As a disease.
(d) As a religious experience.

5. What does Layla say her father’s poetry is about?
(a) Finding beauty in small things.
(b) Finding love and compassion in human relationships.
(c) Making truth out of day-to-day experience.
(d) Finding cosmic truths in nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman behind Layla say that they can be mistreated?

2. Why did Layla leave school?

3. How does Layla characterize the seating sections in the Mess?

4. What movie do Layla and Ayesha compare their situation to?

5. What does Layla say she is struck by at orientation?

(see the answer key)

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