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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David show Layla the next time he sees her at the Hub?
(a) Weapons he can deliver.
(b) Her article online.
(c) A letter of support.
(d) Articles about the camp.

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

3. How many protestors stage the protest at the fence?
(a) 12.
(b) 33.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

4. What will fascism be wearing when it comes to America, according to the quote Ahmed cites?
(a) A blindfold.
(b) White hoods.
(c) A business suit.
(d) The American flag.

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

6. What does Jake tell Layla his mother loved?
(a) Art.
(b) The military.
(c) Music.
(d) Gardening.

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

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

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

10. How many times have Layla’s articles been read online?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of times.
(b) Tens of thousands of times.
(c) Thousands of times.
(d) Millions of times.

11. What warning/challenge was issued to the Director?
(a) Guards were threatened if they did not close the camp.
(b) Noor’s hijab was left on the admin building door.
(c) Video of Noor’s arrest was leaked to the press.
(d) A manifesto promised disturbances if reforms were not made.

12. Who was it who said the quote about what fascism will be wearing when it comes to America?
(a) John Dos Passos.
(b) Huey Long.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

13. In the morning after the protest at the gate, what does Layla accuse Saleem of?
(a) Betraying his wife.
(b) Murder.
(c) Foolishness.
(d) Betraying his people.

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

15. Why does Jake keep Layla from telling him her plans?
(a) To avoid criticizing it.
(b) So she can maintain an element of surprise.
(c) To maintain his innocence.
(d) So he cannot confess it under torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jake say he is still going along with the Director’s plans?

2. What time does the Director say daily roll calls will take place, after the fasting protest?

3. What instruction does Ahmed end the Author’s Note with?

4. What is the motto Jake told Layla his friend lived by in the para-resecue corps?

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

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