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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 Aneeka tell Parvaiz he should do before leaving in Chapter Five?

2. Why do the SO1 Special Protection visit the Pasha home in Chapter Seven?

3. What does Parvaiz say to Farooq about his father on the phone in Chapter Five?

4. What happens when Eamonn transfers flights in Chapter Nine?

5. What sound devices does Parviaz get from the electronics shop in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gladys say on TV in Chapter Seven? What happens in response on the internet?

3. What does Karamat intend to release to change the newspaper coverage after Eamonn's video? What is the story he wants to recenter the media on?

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

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

6. What happens when Eamonn arrives to where Aneeka is waiting in Chapter Nine?

7. What does Chapter Five say starts Parvaiz's path to Istanbul?

8. What does Aneeka do when Parvaiz's coffin arrives?

9. What does Karamat Lone say in his TV interview in Chapter Seven?

10. What does Parvaiz find out from Farooq in Chapter Six that he did not know before?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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