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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the internees chant as they approach the gate?
(a) Open Mobius.
(b) Hey hey, ho ho, Mobius has got to go!
(c) We are Americans.
(d) Down with hate!

2. What does Jake tell Layla about in order to make her afraid of proceeding?
(a) How the Director might make reprisals.
(b) Black-operations sites where people are tortured.
(c) The army’s interrogation methods.
(d) How her parents might be made to suffer.

3. Where do Layla and Ayesha plan their activist actions?
(a) The garden.
(b) The Mess.
(c) Layla’s trailer.
(d) Ayesha’s trailer.

4. What time does the curfew go into effect after the fasting protest?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

5. What does Layla say is the advantage of the distance between herself and her parents?
(a) It gives them authority.
(b) It keeps her innocent.
(c) It protects her.
(d) It protects them.

6. What does the Director want in return for what he offers Layla?
(a) Information about Jake.
(b) Information about the guards.
(c) Information about protests.
(d) Information about Islam.

7. What does Ahmed say is deeply rooted in American history?
(a) Relocation camps.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Solidarity with Muslims.

8. What American motto does Layla use to describe the crowd who march to the gate to demand the camp be closed?
(a) From many, one.
(b) Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
(c) Land of the free, home of the brave.
(d) One nation under God, indivisible, with justice for all.

9. What does Fauzia hand Layla at roll call?
(a) A bullhorn.
(b) Pots and pans to bang for noise.
(c) Soheil’s Quran.
(d) A burner phone.

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

11. Why does Fred say the Director is afraid of Layla?
(a) She cannot be disappeared.
(b) She has brought attention to the camp.
(c) She has turned the guards against him.
(d) She will mock him to the internees.

12. What does the Director do when Layla refuses to beg for her life?
(a) Shoots her.
(b) Stabs her.
(c) Punches her.
(d) Slaps her.

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

14. What does Layla agree to do when her parents ask her to accept their situation?
(a) Read a book a week.
(b) Be home by curfew.
(c) Not to fight back.
(d) Obey orders.

15. How does Dr. Han help the cause of the internees?
(a) She leaks her report to the press.
(b) She authorizes Jake to protect Layla and her family.
(c) She testifies to Congress.
(d) She conveys messages from David.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Layla gets back to her trailer, what does Jake’s note tell Layla is going to happen?

2. What injuries has Soheil suffered from the fasting protest?

3. What does Khadijah auntie compare Layla to at morning roll call?

4. What does Jake tell Layla his mother loved?

5. What order do the internees in Layla’s block ignore when Layla comes out in the morning?

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