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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is David’s relationship with Layla?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Classmate.
(c) Brother.
(d) Boyfriend.

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Director expect camp Mobius to serve as?
(a) A concentration camp.
(b) A reeducation camp.
(c) A death camp.
(d) A model camp.

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

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

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

10. What role does Layla play for Ayesha and Soheil?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Minder.
(c) Chaperone.
(d) Matchmaker.

11. How does Ayesha change the topic when she and Layla are realizing that they do not have any rights in this camp?
(a) She asks about Layla’s grandparents.
(b) She asks about Layla’s favorite musician.
(c) She asks about Layla’s favorite book.
(d) She asks about Star Wars.

12. 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 female.
(d) They are all heavily armed.

13. What characteristic summarizes the Director’s appearance in Layla’s eyes?
(a) His blotchy face.
(b) His scaly hands.
(c) His beady eyes.
(d) His dripping nose.

14. How does the Director end the violence surrounding Noor’s arrest?
(a) He orders the guards to shoot on his order.
(b) He fires a shot in the air.
(c) He sounds the camp siren.
(d) He shoots at the protestors.

15. What do Layla's parents forbid?
(a) Speaking up to police.
(b) Going outside of the house.
(c) Seeing David.
(d) Violating curfew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Layla say her parents taught her?

2. Where does Layla find David?

3. 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?

4. How does Layla characterize the news the internees get in the camp?

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

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