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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 Aneeka describe her mother?

2. Why does Aneeka say Isma cannot come back to London for Spring Break?

3. What does Mrs. Rahimi say marriage is about?

4. How does Aneeka end her conversation with Isma in Chapter Two?

5. Why does Eamonn tell Aneeka he came to visit Wembley Park in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isma think of in Chapter One when she first sees Eamonn?

2. In Chapter Two, what does Eamonn say fathers are for sons?

3. How does Aneeka respond at first when she sees Eamonn in Chapter Three? How does she respond after he leaves?

4. What does Isma think of when she sees parchueters in the sky and why?

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

6. How does touch make Isma closer to Aneeka than Parvaiz?

7. Why does Isma decide to tell Eamonn of her family's history in Chapter Two?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aristotle, in his Poetics, writes that a piece of art as a tragedy is "incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to interpret its catharsis of such of such emotions.” Does Home Fire match this description? Use two to three examples to say why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Words and phrases in different languages are used throughout the novel as terms of endearment, meaning, and relation. Find three examples to analyze how language is used by different characters. Is the language used with or without understanding of what the word or phrase originally means? How is meaning of phrases changed through use?

Essay Topic 3

What are different representations of prayer in the novel? How do different characters in the novel have different ways and definitions of what it means to pray? Choose five examples to analyze what it means to pray in the novel.

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