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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What follows Layla and her parents on their way to Mess after orientation?
(a) A robotic dog.
(b) A tank.
(c) A drone.
(d) A truck.

2. Who is Mrs. Brown?
(a) The local candy store owner.
(b) The high school English teacher.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The librarian.

3. How does Layla contact David the first time?
(a) She sends him a letter.
(b) She calls from a burner phone.
(c) She video chats with him.
(d) She calls him from the Hub.

4. What does Layla worry about as she and her parents leave the house?
(a) Whether they will ever be back.
(b) Whether she will be killed.
(c) Whether they put the dishes in the sink.
(d) Whether David will find her.

5. What does Layla say she is struck by at orientation?
(a) The violence of the guards.
(b) The fear on people’s faces.
(c) The uniformity of the internees.
(d) The wide variety of types of people.

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

7. How does Layla characterize her tone when she asks the chief how his daughter’s college applications are going, while they drive to the relocation station?
(a) Concern.
(b) Affability.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Despair.

8. How does Layla characterize the seating sections in the Mess?
(a) Self-organized.
(b) Segregated.
(c) Integrated.
(d) Chaotic.

9. What does Layla say is remarkable about the Exclusion Guards at the train station?
(a) They are all white.
(b) They are all heavily armed.
(c) They are all silent.
(d) They are all female.

10. Why does Layla yell at Corporal Jake Reynolds?
(a) Because he tripped her.
(b) Because he hit her father.
(c) She simply vents her frustration at him.
(d) Because he hit her.

11. At the beginning of the book, how long ago have all Muslims been fired from their jobs?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

12. Where is Layla’s ID number tattooed on her?
(a) Her forearm.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her wrist.
(d) Her ankle.

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

14. Where do Layla and her parents disembark the train?
(a) Mojave Plains.
(b) In the middle of the desert.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Independence.

15. How does Layla characterize her feeling about being in camp?
(a) Like a coyote in a trap.
(b) Like a fish in a net.
(c) Like a bear in a zoo.
(d) Like a moth on a pin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Layla trying to avoid as she tries not to draw attention to herself as she goes to David’s house?

3. How does Ayesha change the topic when she and Layla are realizing that they do not have any rights in this camp?

4. What does Layla say the scariest monsters are like?

5. What does the Director expect camp Mobius to serve as?

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