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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) Slaps her.
(b) Shoots her.
(c) Stabs her.
(d) Punches her.

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

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

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

5. What does Layla agree to do when her parents ask her to accept their situation?
(a) Not to fight back.
(b) Be home by curfew.
(c) Read a book a week.
(d) Obey orders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruction does Ahmed end the Author’s Note with?

2. What warning/challenge was issued to the Director?

3. Why does Layla say the Director needs control?

4. What excuse does Jake give for Layla being in the Mess when the Director catches them there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Layla characterize the crowd that advances to the gates?

2. How does Layla’s first article change life at camp Mobius?

3. How does Layla’s second article get out of Mobius?

4. How does Layla’s resistance take root after the fast protest?

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

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

7. What is the threat that looms over Layla’s head, and how does she adjust herself to avoid it?

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

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

10. What circumstances lead to Soheil’s death?

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