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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake tell Layla about making any plans?
(a) Not to expose his double agent role.
(b) Not to get herself killed.
(c) Not to hide her spirit.
(d) Not to disappoint her ancestors.

2. What does Layla expect to miss about having a phone?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her memes.
(d) Her photos.

3. 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.

4. When Jake brings Layla a burner phone, what is it sandwiched between?
(a) Books.
(b) Ice packs.
(c) Bags of rice.
(d) Gardening tools.

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

6. Who was interned at Manzanar during World War II?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Prisoners of war.
(c) Japanese Americans.
(d) War criminals.

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

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

9. What does Layla say should prevent the Muslims being mistreated?
(a) They are civilians.
(b) They are innocent.
(c) They are American citizens.
(d) They are regular people.

10. What do Layla's parents say will happen if they speak up against the restrictions?
(a) They will be fired.
(b) They will be jailed.
(c) They will be blacklisted.
(d) They will be disappeared.

11. Where do Layla and Ayesha find seclusion to talk?
(a) In Layla’s trailer.
(b) The garden.
(c) In Ayesha’s trailer.
(d) In the Mess.

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

13. What is going on in Center Square as Layla goes to David’s house?
(a) A square dance.
(b) A trial.
(c) A book burning.
(d) An execution.

14. What movie do Layla and Ayesha compare their situation to?
(a) Star Wars.
(b) Godfather.
(c) Footloose.
(d) Pulp Fiction.

15. Why does Layla say Americans accepted talk of a Muslim ban during the presidential campaign?
(a) They thought it was just rhetoric.
(b) They needed a scapegoat.
(c) They were angry at Muslims.
(d) They thought restrictions could be imposed kindly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took the action against the Secretary of War?

2. Why does Layla yell at Corporal Jake Reynolds?

3. What statement of Sophie Scholl’s does Layla appropriate as her own?

4. How does Layla characterize the difference between herself and her parents?

5. When Jake gives her a burner phone, where does Layla call David from?

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