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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. What sign of solidarity does Khadijah auntie give Layla at morning roll call?
(a) She raises her fist.
(b) A fist bump.
(c) A wink.
(d) She tells Saleem to shut up.

2. What does Layla describe in her first article about life in camp Mobius?
(a) Her parents' depression.
(b) Missing her Nanni.
(c) Noor’s arrest.
(d) The segregation by ethnicity.

3. What effect does the fasting protest have at dinner?
(a) It embarrasses the president.
(b) It reveals the terrible conditions in the camp.
(c) It galvanizes the internees against the guards.
(d) It exposes the Director’s failure to keep order.

4. How does Layla characterize the landscape around the camp?
(a) Lush.
(b) Death-like.
(c) Bleak but beautiful.
(d) Swampy.

5. Where does Ayesha say she is from?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Yemen.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does David’s father work?

4. What does Layla expect to miss about having a phone?

5. What does Layla say is remarkable about the Exclusion Guards at the train station?

(see the answer key)

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