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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22, pages 206-252.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Layla explain her injury to her parents?
(a) She says that garden supplies collapsed on her.
(b) She says that some kids were rough-housing and fell on her.
(c) She says that she tripped and fell.
(d) She says that she fell off a rock.

2. What time does the Director say daily roll calls will take place, after the fasting protest?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

3. How does Layla characterize the changes she sees in her parents?
(a) They have lost themselves.
(b) They seem older all the time.
(c) Their lights have gone out.
(d) They are depressed and exhausted all the time.

4. What lesson does Jake try to impress on Layla by telling him about his mother dying?
(a) That it is hard to lose people you love.
(b) That she would be sad to lose her parents.
(c) That people live in each other’s hearts.
(d) That death is final.

5. Where does Layla go after the confrontation with the Director?
(a) The Infirmary.
(b) Her trailer.
(c) The Mess.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quote does Layla's father invoke from John Adams?

2. How does Ayesha characterize her fear?

3. What is a “desi”?

4. What time does the curfew go into effect after the fasting protest?

5. How does Ayesha change the topic when she and Layla are realizing that they do not have any rights in this camp?

(see the answer key)

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