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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the woman to pipe down when she accuses Layla of causing the restrictions at morning roll call the day after the fasting protest?
(a) Ayesha’s mother.
(b) Ayesha.
(c) Layla's father.
(d) Layla’s mother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 keep the peace when the Red Cross visits.
(d) To spur them to keep the peace and be industrious.

10. Why does Jake tell the Director that Layla cannot disavow the article she had written?
(a) She does not need to answer without a lawyer.
(b) As an internee, she could not have passed the article out of the camp.
(c) She still has freedom of speech.
(d) As an internee, she could not have access to see the article.

11. What is Layla’s take-away from Jake’s warning?
(a) She says that it is better go down fighting.
(b) She says that they are liable to be killed if they do not fight.
(c) She says that she does not care what happens to her.
(d) She says that people should know about these things.

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

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

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

15. Where does Layla go after the confrontation with the Director?
(a) The Infirmary.
(b) The Mess.
(c) Her trailer.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David show Layla the next time he sees her at the Hub?

2. Where has Suraya recruited supporters from, for the next protest?

3. What role does Soheil play in the fast Layla and Ayesha are planning?

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

5. How far into the future does Ahmed say Internment is set?

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