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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 Isma ask Karamat when he asks how she did not see what was happening to Parviaz?

2. Why did Parviaz think Isma would not get a visa?

3. What is Parviaz preserved in?

4. What does Parvaiz think Aneeka will say about Farooq?

5. What does Karamat remember Eamonn as after waking up in Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What phrase does Eamonn say in the video that hurts his father the most? What does this phrase suggest?

2. What are the some of the ways Aneeka feels and acts in grief in Chapter Seven? What are some of the metaphors she uses? List at least three.

3. Why does Karamat tell James he did not ask the Pakistani government to turn away Eamonn?

4. Why does Eamonn tell his father he worries about him politically?

5. How is Aneeka able to go to Pakistan?

6. What name has Farooq chosen for Parvaiz and why? What does Parvaiz think?

7. What do Isma and Aneeka say when Parvaiz calls them from Raqqa?

8. What does Terry tell Karamat about Aneeka in Chapter Nine?

9. How does Karamat Lone think of his son compared to his daughter in Chapter Eight? How has that changed with Aneeka?

10. How does Isma appeal to Karamat Lone to let her go to Aneeka in Chapter Eight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sound is prominent throughout the novel. Analyze two characters. What sounds do they notice and how does this tell you about their character? How does sharing their sensory experience allow them to connect with others?

Essay Topic 2

Isma tells Aneeka that they must obey the law and Aneeka says that is not justice. Is the law the same as justice? Use two to three examples to analyze if Home Fire leans towards one or the other as the answer.

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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