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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. What warning/challenge was issued to the Director?

2. How does Layla explain her injury to her parents?

3. What is Layla’s take-away from Jake’s warning?

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

5. What does the Director accuse Layla of in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the new rules that apply to camp Mobius after the fast protest at the Mess?

2. How does Fred save Layla from the Director during this second interview?

3. What are the factors that are leading the camp to a more confrontational footing?

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

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

6. What does Jake tell Layla about his life?

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

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

9. 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?

10. What changes when Dr. Han comes to examine Layla’s injuries in her cell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the difference between writing a novel and performing activism. How are they similar, how are they different? Is Ahmed’s book a form of activism? What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing a novel as a form of activism?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of Internment—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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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