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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Director do when Layla refuses to beg for her life?
(a) Stabs her.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Punches her.
(d) Shoots her.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the Director’s private security guards take Layla in the middle of the night?

3. How is the Director assaulting Layla when Fred intervenes?

4. How does Layla characterize the changes she sees in her parents?

5. What does Layla compare the camp to on her final morning there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Layla tell the crowd when she gets the bullhorn, and what does she say about America?

2. What does Jake tell Layla about his life?

3. How does Fred save Layla from the Director during this second interview?

4. What is the image Khadijah auntie recites to Layla, and what effect does it have?

5. When Layla gets back from the brig, what does she find has happened to her parents?

6. How does Jake explain why he is going along with the Director’s illegal orders?

7. What does Layla have planned after she gets the article out of the camp to be published?

8. What does the Director want from Layla when he calls her to his office?

9. How does Layla answer the harassment she faces from Saleem and Fauzi and the others on her block, at morning check-in?

10. What is the first act of open defiance that takes place in the camp?

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