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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Layla refuse to tell her parents what she is planning?
(a) She says that she does not want to upset them.
(b) She says that they are out of their depth with this situation.
(c) She says that they would only turn her in.
(d) She says that it is better for them not to know.

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 do the internees chant as they approach the gate?
(a) Open Mobius.
(b) Down with hate!
(c) We are Americans.
(d) Hey hey, ho ho, Mobius has got to go!

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

5. What does Layla say would be worse than dying in the camp?
(a) Trying and failing to free her people.
(b) Watching others die in the camp.
(c) Giving up hope.
(d) Being remembered as a troublemaker.

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

7. How does the Director describe Layla when she is taken from his interrogation room?
(a) A parasite.
(b) The angel of death.
(c) The end of the internees’ hope.
(d) A plague.

8. Who is present for Layla’s first meeting with the Director in his office?
(a) Jake.
(b) Red Cross observers.
(c) Fred.
(d) Her parents.

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

10. What lesson does Jake try to impress on Layla by telling him about his mother dying?
(a) That death is final.
(b) That people live in each other’s hearts.
(c) That she would be sad to lose her parents.
(d) That it is hard to lose people you love.

11. What does the Director want in return for what he offers Layla?
(a) Information about protests.
(b) Information about the guards.
(c) Information about Jake.
(d) Information about Islam.

12. What does Jake tell Layla his orders were?
(a) To ensure that no crimes were committed at the camp.
(b) To let things play out at the camp.
(c) To protect the country.
(d) To save human lives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does Layla suffer when the Director catches her and David?

2. What adds urgency to the students’ plans for a protest fast?

3. Where do guards take Layla after the protest at the gate?

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

5. What changes on the first morning after the fasting protest?

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