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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Layla characterize the landscape around the camp?
(a) Bleak but beautiful.
(b) Death-like.
(c) Swampy.
(d) Lush.
2. What does Layla worry about as she and her parents leave the house?
(a) Whether they put the dishes in the sink.
(b) Whether she will be killed.
(c) Whether David will find her.
(d) Whether they will ever be back.
3. What role does Layla play for Ayesha and Soheil?
(a) Chaperone.
(b) Minder.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Matchmaker.
4. What is Layla most pained to leave behind?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her Nanni’s quilt.
(c) Her letters from David.
(d) Her stuffed animals.
5. How does Layla characterize Union Station’s architecture?
(a) Postmodern absurdism.
(b) Neo-classical.
(c) Brutalist.
(d) Art deco-Mission style mashup.
6. How does Layla characterize her experience of entering the camp?
(a) Feverish.
(b) Crystalline.
(c) Hallucinatory.
(d) Surreal.
7. Where do Layla and Ayesha find seclusion to talk?
(a) In Ayesha’s trailer.
(b) The garden.
(c) In the Mess.
(d) In Layla’s trailer.
8. What does Layla's father say you can only hear in silence?
(a) Solidarity with others.
(b) Truth.
(c) Justice.
(d) The heart’s roar.
9. 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 musician.
(b) She asks about Star Wars.
(c) She asks about Layla’s favorite book.
(d) She asks about Layla’s grandparents.
10. What kind of train takes Layla and her family to the relocation center?
(a) Commuter train.
(b) High-speed train.
(c) Freight train.
(d) Cattle cars.
11. What job was Layla's father fired from?
(a) Chiropractor.
(b) Poetry professor.
(c) Eye doctor.
(d) Math teacher.
12. Where does David’s father work?
(a) A prison.
(b) The State Department.
(c) A food supplier for cam Mobius.
(d) A university.
13. Why does Layla say Americans accepted talk of a Muslim ban during the presidential campaign?
(a) They thought restrictions could be imposed kindly.
(b) They needed a scapegoat.
(c) They thought it was just rhetoric.
(d) They were angry at Muslims.
14. How does Layla characterize her faith?
(a) Casual Muslim.
(b) Devout Muslim.
(c) Lapsed Muslim.
(d) Atheist.
15. When Jake brings Layla a burner phone, what is it sandwiched between?
(a) Gardening tools.
(b) Books.
(c) Bags of rice.
(d) Ice packs.
Short Answer Questions
1. What distinguishing mark does the guard have, who intervenes to get Layla out of trouble on the train?
2. What do Layla's parents forbid?
3. What characteristic summarizes the Director’s appearance in Layla’s eyes?
4. What is a “desi”?
5. What do Layla and Ayesha compare the camp fence to?
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