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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Layla and Ayesha compare the camp fence to?
(a) America’s border wall with Mexico.
(b) The Berlin Wall.
(c) The Great Wall of China.
(d) The demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

2. What statement of Sophie Scholl’s does Layla appropriate as her own?
(a) The truth will out.
(b) Justice does not fight for itself.
(c) Democracy dies in darkness.
(d) Someone has to make a start.

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

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

5. What is David’s father’s religion?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Christian.
(d) Muslim.

6. What does Layla say the scariest monsters are like?
(a) Most like you.
(b) Evil parents.
(c) Animals.
(d) Leaders.

7. What play does Layla read after she gets home from David’s?
(a) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

8. Where do Layla and her family live at camp Mobius?
(a) Barracks.
(b) FEMA trailers.
(c) Tents.
(d) Cells.

9. Why does Jake tell Layla to stop calling him corporal Reynolds?
(a) Because he wants Layla to like him.
(b) Because he does not want her to use his name.
(c) Because he has crossed the line by helping her.
(d) Because he is repulsed by his collaboration with the Exclusion Authority.

10. What does camp Mobius look like when Layla and her family arrive?
(a) A summer camp.
(b) A military base.
(c) A prison.
(d) A suburban development.

11. How does Layla’s relationship with her parents change in camp Mobius?
(a) She obeys them faithfully.
(b) She starts to deceive them.
(c) She flouts their authority openly.
(d) She consults them more often.

12. Who is Soheil having a confrontation with, while Layla and Ayesha are talking?
(a) Another internee.
(b) A guard he knew as a kid.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Director.

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

14. What does Layla throw a rock at, when she cannot contact David?
(a) Her trailer.
(b) The Hub.
(c) The Director.
(d) The mountains.

15. How does Layla characterize the difference between herself and her parents?
(a) They want to survive, she wants to live.
(b) They want to submit, she wants to rebel.
(c) They want to be strategic, she wants to be violent.
(d) They want to hide, she wants to see the violence herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Layla say should prevent the Muslims being mistreated?

2. What is the motto of camp Mobius?

3. What role does Layla play for Ayesha and Soheil?

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

5. How does Layla characterize her faith?

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