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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 is the translation of "Bismallah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim," the prayer Isma prays?

2. Why does Eamonn's mother pay for him to live?

3. What is Terry Lone's profession?

4. How does Isma respond to Eamonn's comment in Chapter One about being Muslim?

5. What does Eamonn ask Isma about her turban in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shifts the balance between Aneeka and Eamonn's relationship in Chapter Three?

2. How is Aneeka described through Isma's memories in Chapter One?

3. How has Karamat Lone felt about Eamonn's previous girlfriends and their parents?

4. What is Eamonn doing in Amherst in Chapter Two, and what does Isma think of this?

5. What does Eamonn see Aneeka doing in the morning in Chapter Three? What does she respond when he asks?

6. Why does Eamonn return back to his apartment for Aneeka in Chapter Four?

7. How does Isma find out that Karamat Lone is the new Home Secretary?

8. What does Aneeka find out from Aunty Naseem in Chapter Two, and how does she react?

9. What does Karamat Lone say in his speech to a largely Muslim school?

10. Why does Karamat Lone say this is "his fault" that Eamonn is dating Aneeka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Media representation of the events happening in the novel, as TV shows, news reporting, newspaper articles, and tabloids, influence life for the characters and also create a perception of the events for the outside world. How is this perception created similar or different than the actual events? Choose one event and two media representations to examine how the news tells the event to the outside world and if it does so accurately. Who tells the story and why are they telling it?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the romantic relationships shown in Home Fire. How do the characters come to know they are in love with one another? How does this love evolve? What does it cause these characters to do? Choose two relationships and compare their development.

Essay Topic 3

Secrets unsaid in Home Fire become the basis of many of the actions that took place. What is unsaid and how do the characters act because of what is unsaid? Choose two characters and compare/contrast how they act similar and/or different because of what is unsaid.

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