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

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

3. What sign of solidarity does Khadijah auntie give Layla at morning roll call?
(a) A fist bump.
(b) A wink.
(c) She tells Saleem to shut up.
(d) She raises her fist.

4. What does Fauzia hand Layla at roll call?
(a) A bullhorn.
(b) A burner phone.
(c) Soheil’s Quran.
(d) Pots and pans to bang for noise.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What injuries has Soheil suffered from the fasting protest?

3. Who intervenes when Saleem raises his hand to strike Layla?

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

5. What does the Director offer Layla as an enticement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Director weaponize in his second meeting with Layla in his office?

3. When the Director visits Layla in her cell, what does he tell her about his view of the world and the need for the camp?

4. In the Mess, what does the Director do that raises the stakes on his conflict with Layla?

5. What does Samira Ahmed say makes her angry in the Author’s Note, and what does she say gives her hope?

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

7. What is the outcome of the protest Layla and her friends stage during the Red Cross visit?

8. Where is Layla interrogated again, after the interview in the Director’s office?

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

10. What kind of gathering starts to collect outside the gates of the camp?

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