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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. Why does Eamonn stop drinking?

2. In Chapter One, how does Aneeka understand Parviaz's deception?

3. Why does Isma say in the cafe in Chapter Two that she lied about knowing Karamat was Eamonn's father?

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

5. How does Aneeka describe her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Aneeka tell Eamonn about Isma in Chapter Three? What does she tell him about Parvaiz?

3. What happens after Eamonn sees Aneeka take a Skype call in Chapter Three?

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

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

6. Why does Aneeka tell Eamonn she got into the tube with him? Why does she say she fell in love with him?

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

8. What does Isma tell Eamonn in Chapter One about her past?

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

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

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 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

Karamat Lone makes a speech telling mostly Muslim population of schoolchildren that they must fit in, rather than stand out, to be British. How is this idea of British-ness similar or different than other characters's ideas in the novel? Choose two characters and analyze how they are “British” and what this definition means to them.

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