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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Director’s reason for hating Islam?
(a) He hate Islam because he is told to.
(b) Islam’s food restrictions.
(c) Islam’s restrictions on women.
(d) “Sharia law.”

2. What does Jake tell Layla his orders were?
(a) To let things play out at the camp.
(b) To protect the country.
(c) To save human lives.
(d) To ensure that no crimes were committed at the camp.

3. 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 have not done anything.
(c) That the others are afraid of Saleem and Fauzi.
(d) That the others are begging her to step forward.

4. What does Khadijah auntie compare Layla to at morning roll call?
(a) Lightning.
(b) The sea.
(c) A heartbeat.
(d) Thunder.

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

6. Why do Saleem and Fauzi offer the internees rewards?
(a) To motivate them to turn in the article-writer.
(b) To show the Director a model block.
(c) To spur them to keep the peace and be industrious.
(d) To keep the peace when the Red Cross visits.

7. Who is funding Occupy Mobius?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) A billionaire.
(c) Corporate sponsors.
(d) Doctors Without Borders.

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

9. What is Jake concerned about, as he makes connections for Layla and David?
(a) Layla getting caught.
(b) Getting killed by the Director’s private security guards.
(c) David getting killed.
(d) Getting court martialed.

10. Who fires the deadly shot before the camp gates are opened?
(a) The Director’s private security guards.
(b) Layla's father.
(c) Jake.
(d) The Director.

11. What does Layla say rebellions are based on?
(a) Hope.
(b) Planning.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Cunning.

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

13. What warning does the Director give Layla after catching her in the Mess?
(a) He sees everything.
(b) He will not be restrained.
(c) He has absolute power of life and death.
(d) He hears everything.

14. What does Layla express her faith in at the end of the novel?
(a) The redemptive power of love.
(b) Her parents’ forgiveness.
(c) Her ability to find her way.
(d) The Director’s superiors chastising him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many protestors stage the protest at the fence?

2. Who intervenes when Saleem raises his hand to strike Layla?

3. What will fascism be wearing when it comes to America, according to the quote Ahmed cites?

4. Who is present for Layla’s first meeting with the Director in his office?

5. What warning/challenge was issued to the Director?

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