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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the motto Jake told Layla his friend lived by in the para-resecue corps?
(a) A More Perfect Union.
(b) E Pluribus Unum.
(c) That Others May Live.
(d) Unity. Security. Prosperity.

4. What does the Director accuse Layla of in his office?
(a) Disappointing her parents.
(b) Betraying her country.
(c) Injuring her people.
(d) Angering him.

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

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

7. Why does Fred tell Layla that he is not concerned about what he does being caught on camera?
(a) He knows the officers who will review the footage.
(b) The cameras do not actually work.
(c) The IT guy in charge of the cameras is on his side.
(d) He always hides his face from the cameras.

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

9. What does Layla say the Director uses as a weapon, when she goes to see him in his office?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Torture.
(c) Threats.
(d) Silence.

10. What does Jake tell Layla about in order to make her afraid of proceeding?
(a) Black-operations sites where people are tortured.
(b) The army’s interrogation methods.
(c) How her parents might be made to suffer.
(d) How the Director might make reprisals.

11. Where do Layla and Ayesha plan their activist actions?
(a) Layla’s trailer.
(b) Ayesha’s trailer.
(c) The Mess.
(d) The garden.

12. What does Fauzia hand Layla at roll call?
(a) Soheil’s Quran.
(b) A burner phone.
(c) A bullhorn.
(d) Pots and pans to bang for noise.

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

14. Where did Jake get his tattoo design from?
(a) Basic training.
(b) Biology class.
(c) A hiking trip with his mother.
(d) A sailing trip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is funding Occupy Mobius?

2. What American motto does Layla use to describe the crowd who march to the gate to demand the camp be closed?

3. What counter-accusation does Layla make, when the others accuse her of causing trouble?

4. How does the Director describe Layla when she is taken from his interrogation room?

5. How does Layla characterize Suraya’s face?

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