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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, pages 59-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that overcomes Layla’s fight or flight response?
(a) Her exhaustion.
(b) Her weary parents.
(c) Police dogs.
(d) Armed guards.

3. What distinguishing mark does the guard have, who intervenes to get Layla out of trouble on the train?
(a) A compass tattoo.
(b) A Mohawk haircut.
(c) An American flag tattoo.
(d) A pierced nose.

4. What does Layla say her father’s poetry is about?
(a) Finding love and compassion in human relationships.
(b) Finding beauty in small things.
(c) Making truth out of day-to-day experience.
(d) Finding cosmic truths in nature.

5. Where do Layla and Ayesha find seclusion to talk?
(a) The garden.
(b) In Layla’s trailer.
(c) In Ayesha’s trailer.
(d) In the Mess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Exclusion Guards confiscate, while Layla and her parents are packing?

2. Who is Mrs. Brown?

3. What is David’s father’s religion?

4. How long do Layla and her parents have to pack their things for relocation?

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

(see the answer key)

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