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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the woman who calls the minders fascists?
(a) She is beaten.
(b) She is allowed to speak.
(c) She is handcuffed and removed.
(d) She is killed.

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

4. Where does Ayesha say she is from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Yemen.
(d) Pakistan.

5. What does the guard tell Soheil to do?
(a) Try to escape.
(b) Submit a complaint.
(c) Follow orders.
(d) Shut his mouth.

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

7. What job was Layla's father fired from?
(a) Eye doctor.
(b) Chiropractor.
(c) Poetry professor.
(d) Math teacher.

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

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

10. 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.

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) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

12. Why does the woman behind Layla say that they can be mistreated?
(a) They are all related to terrorists.
(b) The country is at war now.
(c) The laws do not apply in the desert.
(d) They are being persecuted for their religion.

13. When Jake gives her a burner phone, where does Layla call David from?
(a) The Hub.
(b) The garden.
(c) The Mess.
(d) Her trailer.

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

15. Where does David’s father work?
(a) A university.
(b) The State Department.
(c) A food supplier for cam Mobius.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is going on in Center Square as Layla goes to David’s house?

3. What play does Layla read after she gets home from David’s?

4. Where does Layla meet David for the first time?

5. What does camp Mobius look like when Layla and her family arrive?

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