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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Jake when his mother died?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

3. What does Layla anticipate will happen after the fasting protest?
(a) There will be strict curfews and restrictions.
(b) There will be arrests and disappearances.
(c) The Director will be furious.
(d) The community will rise up against the guards.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. Why does Jake say he is still going along with the Director’s plans?
(a) To learn more about the Director’s intentions.
(b) To set the Director up for a sting operation.
(c) To rein in the Director’s worst impulses.
(d) To keep his confidence, and protect people.

9. What do Layla and Fred talk Jake out of doing?
(a) Breaking down the camp’s fence.
(b) Sabotaging the camp’s security systems.
(c) Avenging the Director’s violence against Layla.
(d) Reporting the Director to higher authorities.

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

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

12. Who is present for Layla’s first meeting with the Director in his office?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Jake.
(c) Fred.
(d) Red Cross observers.

13. What does Layla's mother say progress comes with?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) Risk.
(c) Loss.
(d) Danger.

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

15. What injury does Layla suffer when the Director catches her and David?
(a) Her arm is broken.
(b) Her cheek is bruised.
(c) Her shoulder is dislocated.
(d) Her leg is bruised.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Layla refuse to tell her parents what she is planning?

2. What is the Director’s reason for hating Islam?

3. What does Layla express her faith in at the end of the novel?

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

5. What do the internees chant as they approach the gate?

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