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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since the president called Muslims a threat to the country?

2. What does David suggest, that Layla is appalled by?

3. What do Layla and Ayesha compare the camp fence to?

4. How does Layla characterize her feeling about being in camp?

5. Where do Layla and Ayesha find seclusion to talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What danger does Layla put herself in while getting home?

2. How does Layla describe her feelings about the natural environment where the camp is located?

3. How does Layla describe the drive to the train station?

4. How does Layla characterize the Director’s introduction to the camp?

5. How does Layla describe Noor’s arrest?

6. How do Layla and her family arrive at Camp Mobius?

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

8. Who is the White Rose, and what does she mean to Layla?

9. How does Jake engineer a meeting between Layla and David, and how does the visit go?

10. How does Jake respond after Layla cannot get through to David?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about her, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

When is Internment most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

Essay Topic 3

What does this book tell us about what it means to be American? What are the different views about Americanness? What does Americanness mean for the characters, and how does it inspire them?

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