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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 has Karamat Lone considered as good enough with Eamonn's actions?

2. What does Karamat say about his decision to not let Parvaiz return in a TV interview?

3. Where is Farooq going after dropping off Parvaiz in Chapter Six?

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

5. What does Aneeka have that allows her to get a new passport?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Isma and Aneeka say to one another that they think about life after death?

4. 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.

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

6. How does Farooq first approach Parvaiz and what does Farooq tell him?

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

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

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

10. What prompts Parvaiz to contact Aneeka in Chapter Six?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Secrets unsaid in Home Fire become the basis of many of the actions that took place. What is unsaid and how do the characters act because of what is unsaid? Choose two characters and compare/contrast how they act similar and/or different because of what is unsaid.

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

Aristotle, in his Poetics, writes that a piece of art as a tragedy is "incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to interpret its catharsis of such of such emotions.” Does Home Fire match this description? Use two to three examples to say why or why not.

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