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

2. What is Jake concerned about, as he makes connections for Layla and David?

3. What is it that saves Layla when the Director bursts in on her meeting with David?

4. What do Layla and Fred talk Jake out of doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Layla characterize the crowd that advances to the gates?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Layla’s resistance take root after the fast protest?

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

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

9. What is Layla’s attitude toward her condition, and what steps does she take to oppose it?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of Internment. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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