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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. Where does Ayesha say she is from?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Yemen.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What happens to the woman who calls the minders fascists?
(a) She is killed.
(b) She is handcuffed and removed.
(c) She is beaten.
(d) She is allowed to speak.

3. How does Layla characterize the seating sections in the Mess?
(a) Integrated.
(b) Segregated.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Self-organized.

4. Where do Layla and her parents disembark the train?
(a) Independence.
(b) In the middle of the desert.
(c) Mojave Plains.
(d) Liberty.

5. What role does Layla play for Ayesha and Soheil?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Chaperone.
(c) Matchmaker.
(d) Minder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Layla characterize the landscape around the camp?

2. When Jake brings Layla a burner phone, what is it sandwiched between?

3. What do the Exclusion Guards confiscate, while Layla and her parents are packing?

4. What is Layla trying to avoid as she tries not to draw attention to herself as she goes to David’s house?

5. How does Layla justify refusing to go along with the plan David suggests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David say when Layla phones him from the internment camp?

2. What kind of scene does Layla describe when they get to the train station?

3. How does Layla’s relationship with her parents change in the camp?

4. What does Layla do when she cannot sleep?

5. How does Layla describe the layout of Camp Mobius?

6. What kind of town does Layla live in, and how is her town bearing up under the new policies?

7. How did the Registry of Muslims come to be, in Ahmed’s novel?

8. What is David’s family’s position regarding these restrictions against Muslims?

9. What is happening around Layla Amin at the beginning of Internment?

10. How well does Layla’s world correspond with America under Donald Trump?

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