Home Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Shamsie, Kamila
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Home Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Shamsie, Kamila
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Eamonn do in Chapter Four when he learns about Parviaz's leaving?

2. What does Dr. Shah say the Quran says about sex?

3. What does Karamat call Eamonn when he learns about Aneeka being Parviaz's twin?

4. Who are the neighbors who invite Eamonn to watch the game in Chapter Four?

5. How does Aneeka handle questions about her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Isma do physically when she sees Parvaiz's name on Skype in Chapter One? What does she think of?

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

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

6. How does Eamonn think of Isma as he walks through London in Chapter Three?

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

8. What did Isma and Aneeka do the night Parviaz left?

9. What is the "old muck" about Karamat Lone and how does he respond?

10. In Chapter Three, what does Aneeka tell Eamonn she think about his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does fear influence the actions of the characters in Home Fire? Choose three characters and describe how their actions are influenced by fear. What causes this fear? Who keeps this fear or what causes this fear in place? How does individual fear become a part of a larger state of fear?

Essay Topic 2

What are the stories that characters in Home Fire learn to understand who they are? Choose two characters and analyze how the stories they have been told shape their actions.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. and Mrs. Rahimi tell Eamonn that the small things are the big things. What are the small things in the novel? What are the big things? How do the small eventually become the big? Choose one big thing and write how small things in the novel add up to the big event taking place.

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