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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that saves Layla when the Director bursts in on her meeting with David?
(a) Red Cross observers intervene.
(b) Fred protects her.
(c) Her parents show up.
(d) David livestreams the scene.

3. What instruction does Ahmed end the Author’s Note with?
(a) Show solidarity.
(b) Love.
(c) Pay attention.
(d) Resist.

4. What injuries has Soheil suffered from the fasting protest?
(a) Broken teeth.
(b) A broken nose.
(c) A dislocated shoulder.
(d) A broken arm.

5. What role does Soheil play in the fast Layla and Ayesha are planning?
(a) He acts as looking while they plan.
(b) He helps develop a strategy.
(c) He squeals to the Director.
(d) He recruits other internees.

6. Who does Layla think must be the traitor who has talked with the Director about the students’ plans?
(a) Ayesha.
(b) Abdul.
(c) Noor.
(d) Suraya.

7. After Layla gets back to her trailer, what does Jake’s note tell Layla is going to happen?
(a) Opening the camp.
(b) A lockdown.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Arrests.

8. Why does Jake tell the Director that Layla cannot disavow the article she had written?
(a) She still has freedom of speech.
(b) As an internee, she could not have passed the article out of the camp.
(c) As an internee, she could not have access to see the article.
(d) She does not need to answer without a lawyer.

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

10. How does Layla characterize Suraya’s face?
(a) Tormented with sufferings.
(b) Tough with resolve.
(c) Tender with compassion.
(d) Glowing with God’s light.

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

12. What does the Red Cross’ visit remind Layla of?
(a) Time before the relocation.
(b) The international community’s denial of the Armenian genocide.
(c) The Red Cross’s visit to Nazi death camps.
(d) The government whitewashing the genocide of Native Americans.

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

14. What does Jake confiscate from Layla after the confrontation with the Director?
(a) Her access to garden tools.
(b) The burner phone.
(c) Her access to David.
(d) Her notebooks.

15. What counter-accusation does Layla make, when the others accuse her of causing trouble?
(a) That the others deserve to suffer.
(b) That the others are begging her to step forward.
(c) That the others have not done anything.
(d) That the others are afraid of Saleem and Fauzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Layla’s parents when she returns to her trailer?

2. How does David address his previous conversation with Layla when he sees her again?

3. What does Jake tell Layla his orders were?

4. What role does Jake say Congress is playing in the restrictions on Muslims?

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

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