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

2. What is the motto of camp Mobius?
(a) Freedom. Love. Respect.
(b) Unity. Security. Prosperity.
(c) Safety. Purity. Community.
(d) Onward into the Future Together.

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

4. What does camp Mobius look like when Layla and her family arrive?
(a) A military base.
(b) A suburban development.
(c) A prison.
(d) A summer camp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Layla say her parents taught her?

2. Who does Layla think she sees on their way driving away from their house?

3. How does Layla characterize nature’s power?

4. How does the police chief justify his role in Layla’s family’s relocation?

5. Where is Layla’s ID number tattooed on her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What comes of Soheil’s confrontation with one of the Exclusion Guards?

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

5. What kind of scene does Layla describe when they get to the train station?

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

7. Who is the White Rose, and what does she mean to Layla?

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

9. What does Layla do when she cannot sleep?

10. How did the Registry of Muslims come to be, in Ahmed’s novel?

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