Internment

by Samira Ahmed

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Internment Questions and Answers

What is the climax in Internment?

Give an example of dramatic irony in Internment.

In Internment by Samira Ahmed, how does the American government permanently identify Layla as a Muslim internee? How is this a modern example of dehumanization?

What warnings does Jake give Layla after she passes her note to David? What is really happening to the internees that disappear?

What is the rising action in the book Internment?

Describe the Director based on his interaction with Layla and Jake after they leave the mess hall.

Analyze chapter 20 of Internment. Consider any social issues present in this chapter and connections to the real world (historical and current examples). Provide specific examples, quotations, and page numbers. 

When Layla and David organize another meeting in the Mess Hall, they are discovered. How does the Director behave? How is David able to stop an attack on Layla?

How would the character Soheil in Internment relate to one of the IB Learner Profile Traits? https://www.ibo.org/globalassets/publications/recognition/learnerprofile-en.pdf

How does Layla's father's poetry at the beginning of Internment establish the time when the novel is set? How does her father's poetry echo throughout the first 10 chapters?

What is the setting in Internment?

In Internment, why does Director believe the adults are framing the teenagers for planning the protest?  

What is the author saying about life and living through Internment? In other words, what is the theme of the book? Cite at least two specific examples of how that theme is developed.

In Internment, before boarding the train, Layla and her family had to do what?

In Internment, what are the names of the security guards at Camp Mobius?

Think about the protagonist (main character) from the book Internment. Do you share any of her character traits? If so, identify a character trait that the character possesses and explain how it relates to you using textual evidence.

How are the blocks divided? Why does Layla believe “the authority” did this?

What does total immigration lockdown mean?

How does the administration at Mobius attempt to recreate “normal” life? How do the internees attempt to hold onto normalcy, and how is that different than the “normalcy” the Director tries to create?