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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Layla say is in the American grain?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Forgetting.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Racism.

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

4. How does Layla characterize the landscape around the camp?
(a) Lush.
(b) Death-like.
(c) Swampy.
(d) Bleak but beautiful.

5. 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 favorite book.
(b) She asks about Layla’s favorite musician.
(c) She asks about Layla’s grandparents.
(d) She asks about Star Wars.

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

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

8. How does the police chief justify his role in Layla’s family’s relocation?
(a) He says that times are changing.
(b) He says that races need to stick together.
(c) He says that the town will be pure now.
(d) He says that he is following orders.

9. Where does Layla meet David for the first time?
(a) In a tool shed.
(b) In the Hub.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In a truck.

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

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

12. Why did Layla leave school?
(a) She was banned as a Muslim.
(b) She graduated.
(c) She was disciplined for kissing David.
(d) She was caught stealing.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does David suggest, that Layla is appalled by?

3. What quote does Layla's father invoke from John Adams?

4. What time does the curfew go into effect at camp Mobius?

5. What action does Jake tell Layla has been taken against the Secretary of War?

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