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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22, pages 206-252.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a “desi”?
(a) A dark-skinned American.
(b) A Muslim American.
(c) A North African American.
(d) An Indian-American.

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

3. Where did Jake get his tattoo design from?
(a) Basic training.
(b) Biology class.
(c) A sailing trip.
(d) A hiking trip with his mother.

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

5. What book does Layla's father give her?
(a) Thoreau’s Walden.
(b) Austen’s Persuasion.
(c) Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
(d) Beauvoir’s Useless Mouths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What effect does the fasting protest have at dinner?

3. How does the police chief justify his role in Layla’s family’s relocation?

4. How does David address his previous conversation with Layla when he sees her again?

5. How does Layla justify refusing to go along with the plan David suggests?

(see the answer key)

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