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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Layla’s parents when she returns to her trailer?
(a) They are at the Mess.
(b) They have been imprisoned.
(c) They are at work.
(d) They are in the neighboring trailer.

2. After Layla gets back to her trailer, what does Jake’s note tell Layla is going to happen?
(a) Arrests.
(b) A lockdown.
(c) Opening the camp.
(d) Beatings.

3. What does Layla say rebellions are based on?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Hope.
(c) Planning.
(d) Strategy.

4. What does Layla express her faith in at the end of the novel?
(a) The Director’s superiors chastising him.
(b) The redemptive power of love.
(c) Her ability to find her way.
(d) Her parents’ forgiveness.

5. How is the Director assaulting Layla when Fred intervenes?
(a) Slapping her.
(b) Beating her.
(c) Torturing her.
(d) Squeezing her face.

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

7. Who intervenes when Saleem raises his hand to strike Layla?
(a) Ayesha.
(b) Khadijah auntie.
(c) Layla's father.
(d) Jake.

8. Why does Layla say the Director needs control?
(a) Because he is a bureaucrat.
(b) Because he is a scientist.
(c) Because he is a bully.
(d) Because he is weak.

9. What does Khadijah auntie compare Layla to at morning roll call?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Thunder.
(c) A heartbeat.
(d) The sea.

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

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

12. What does the Director offer Layla as an enticement?
(a) Money.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Food.
(d) Travel privileges.

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

14. What does Layla anticipate will happen after the fasting protest?
(a) The community will rise up against the guards.
(b) There will be arrests and disappearances.
(c) There will be strict curfews and restrictions.
(d) The Director will be furious.

15. 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 will not be restrained.
(d) He sees everything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Layla’s take-away from Jake’s warning?

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

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

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

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