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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 tell Karamat he should have done for Eamonn?

2. What does Aneeka do with Parviaz's casket?

3. Who is Suarez?

4. What store does Parvaiz go into to hide in Chapter Six?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Parvaiz arrange to go to Raqqa?

2. Why does Aneeka's Pakistani cousin tell her he does not want to know her plans?

3. Why does Parvaiz decide to go to the British embassy on his own?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Media representation of the events happening in the novel, as TV shows, news reporting, newspaper articles, and tabloids, influence life for the characters and also create a perception of the events for the outside world. How is this perception created similar or different than the actual events? Choose one event and two media representations to examine how the news tells the event to the outside world and if it does so accurately. Who tells the story and why are they telling it?

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