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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 does Layla characterize her faith?

2. What does Layla throw a rock at, when she cannot contact David?

3. How does Layla characterize the difference between herself and her parents?

4. Who was interned at Manzanar during World War II?

5. What distinguishing mark does the guard have, who intervenes to get Layla out of trouble on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is David’s family’s position regarding these restrictions against Muslims?

2. How does Layla seek consolation in the first moments of her internment?

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

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

5. What is Layla’s relationship with Jake like in Chapter 11?

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

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

8. How well does Layla’s world correspond with America under Donald Trump?

9. How do Layla's parents get notification that they are being relocated?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the various internments the book references: the Japanese internment during World War II, the Nazi concentration camps, and the caging of kids at the American border that happened under President Trump. Which case most closely resembles the internment in Ahmed’s novel? Which parts of the novel reflect different cases? What parts are new to this novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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