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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What instruction does Ahmed end the Author’s Note with?
(a) Show solidarity.
(b) Resist.
(c) Pay attention.
(d) Love.

3. Who has arrived at the camp the morning after Layla’s confrontation with the Director?
(a) David.
(b) International observers.
(c) Layla’s Nanni.
(d) Protestors and the media.

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

5. What warning does the Director give Layla after catching her in the Mess?
(a) He sees everything.
(b) He has absolute power of life and death.
(c) He hears everything.
(d) He will not be restrained.

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

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

8. What do Layla and Fred talk Jake out of doing?
(a) Breaking down the camp’s fence.
(b) Avenging the Director’s violence against Layla.
(c) Sabotaging the camp’s security systems.
(d) Reporting the Director to higher authorities.

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

10. What order do the internees in Layla’s block ignore when Layla comes out in the morning?
(a) Get in line.
(b) Stay away from Layla.
(c) Shut up.
(d) Get on the ground.

11. Who fires the deadly shot before the camp gates are opened?
(a) Layla's father.
(b) Jake.
(c) The Director’s private security guards.
(d) The Director.

12. In the morning after the protest at the gate, what does Layla accuse Saleem of?
(a) Betraying his people.
(b) Betraying his wife.
(c) Murder.
(d) Foolishness.

13. What excuse does Jake give for Layla being in the Mess when the Director catches them there?
(a) She lost her necklace.
(b) She was making a phone call.
(c) She got lost.
(d) She was hungry.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Layla think must be the traitor who has talked with the Director about the students’ plans?

2. What time does the curfew go into effect after the fasting protest?

3. What counter-accusation does Layla make, when the others accuse her of causing trouble?

4. How does Dr. Han help the cause of the internees?

5. What does Layla say is the advantage of the distance between herself and her parents?

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