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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. What order do the internees in Layla’s block ignore when Layla comes out in the morning?
3. Why does Jake tell the Director that Layla cannot disavow the article she had written?
4. Who fires the deadly shot before the camp gates are opened?
5. What does Layla agree to do when her parents ask her to accept their situation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Layla’s second article get out of Mobius?
2. How does Fred save Layla from the Director during this second interview?
3. What is the first act of open defiance that takes place in the camp?
4. How does Jake explain why he is going along with the Director’s illegal orders?
5. What effect do Layla’s bruises have on her block at morning roll-call?
6. What is the threat that looms over Layla’s head, and how does she adjust herself to avoid it?
7. In the Mess, what does the Director do that raises the stakes on his conflict with Layla?
8. What does the Director want from Layla when he calls her to his office?
9. What is Layla’s attitude toward her condition, and what steps does she take to oppose it?
10. What are the factors that are leading the camp to a more confrontational footing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for Internment? What is the ideal reader for Internment likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
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 personal qualities are responsible for Layla’s leadership? What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking the leadership position? What kind of leader is Layla, and what makes her successful?
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