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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the fasting protest have at dinner?
(a) It exposes the Director’s failure to keep order.
(b) It embarrasses the president.
(c) It galvanizes the internees against the guards.
(d) It reveals the terrible conditions in the camp.

2. What time does the Director say daily roll calls will take place, after the fasting protest?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 7:30 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

3. How does David address his previous conversation with Layla when he sees her again?
(a) He promises to change.
(b) He makes it up with flowers.
(c) He apologizes profusely.
(d) He refuses to address what angered her.

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

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

6. Where has Suraya recruited supporters from, for the next protest?
(a) The Mess.
(b) Her block.
(c) Quranic study class.
(d) The garden.

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What book does Layla's father give her?
(a) Austen’s Persuasion.
(b) Beauvoir’s Useless Mouths.
(c) Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
(d) Thoreau’s Walden.

15. 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 government whitewashing the genocide of Native Americans.
(d) The Red Cross’s visit to Nazi death camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Layla and Ayesha plan their activist actions?

2. How many guards does Ayesha say came for Layla’s parents?

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

4. What is Layla’s take-away from Jake’s warning?

5. Who was it who said the quote about what fascism will be wearing when it comes to America?

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