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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Fred say the Director is afraid of Layla?
(a) She will mock him to the internees.
(b) She cannot be disappeared.
(c) She has turned the guards against him.
(d) She has brought attention to the camp.

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

4. What injuries has Soheil suffered from the fasting protest?
(a) Broken teeth.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) A dislocated shoulder.
(d) A broken nose.

5. 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.
(b) Ayesha’s mother.
(c) Layla’s mother.
(d) Layla's father.

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

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

8. Whose voice does Layla hear in the director’s office, saying “We’re with you”?
(a) David.
(b) Suraya.
(c) Khadijah auntie.
(d) Her father.

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

10. 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.

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

12. What does Layla compare the camp to on her final morning there?
(a) A train station.
(b) A desert.
(c) An outdoor market.
(d) A theatre.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who fires the deadly shot before the camp gates are opened?

4. What book does Layla's father give her?

5. After Layla gets back to her trailer, what does Jake’s note tell Layla is going to happen?

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