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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 Terry say to Karamat when he forgets the anniversary of their meeting?

2. What does the man from the Pakistani High Commission have in his pocket in Chapter Seven?

3. How does news about Aneeka's demonstration first circulate?

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

5. Who is quoted in the newspaper article in Chapter Nine taking apart Karamat's political decisions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Farooq tell Parvaiz of Raqqa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Aneeka think is going on with Parvaiz in Chapter Five?

10. Why does Parvaiz return to be chained at Farooq's apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

How does the influence of the father shape the way a son grows up? Compare/contrast Parviaz and Eamonn with their relationships to their father. How do they originally begin viewing their fathers? How does this view influence how they act and who they are as people? And how does this view change over the course of the novel?

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