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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the beginning of the book, how long ago have all Muslims been fired from their jobs?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Layla and her parents disembark the train?

2. How does Layla characterize the landscape around the camp?

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

4. What happens to the woman who calls the minders fascists?

5. Where does David’s father work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Layla seek consolation in the first moments of her internment?

2. How does Layla describe the drive to the train station?

3. What does Layla do when she cannot sleep?

4. How does Layla’s relationship with her parents change in the camp?

5. How well does Layla’s world correspond with America under Donald Trump?

6. What does Layla take when being relocated, what does Layla leave?

7. How do Layla and her family arrive at Camp Mobius?

8. What danger does Layla put herself in while getting home?

9. How does Jake respond after Layla cannot get through to David?

10. How does Jake engineer a meeting between Layla and David, and how does the visit go?

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