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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 does the Director offer Layla as an enticement?

2. What does the Director do when Layla refuses to beg for her life?

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

4. What does Layla compare the camp to on her final morning there?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jake explain why he is going along with the Director’s illegal orders?

3. What does Layla tell the crowd when she gets the bullhorn, and what does she say about America?

4. What circumstances lead to Soheil’s death?

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

6. How does Layla’s second article get out of Mobius?

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

8. What effect do Layla’s bruises have on her block at morning roll-call?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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