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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. What is the nickname for Karamat Lone?

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

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

5. What does Karamat Lone say to the Pasha's family friend when asked about Adil Pasha?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Eamonn respond when Aneeka tells him about Parvaiz in Chapter Four?

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

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

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

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

Parviaz’s sisters assume he is in a romantic relationship while he is being radicalized. Eamonn’s friends joke he is being radicalized while he is in a romantic relationship. How are the assumptions and roles placed on these two young men both similar and different? What expectations are placed on them because they are men instead of women?

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