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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 happens when Eamonn transfers flights in Chapter Nine?

2. What had happened when Aneeka had gone to the airport to go to Istanbul?

3. In Chapter Five, what does Parvaiz now think about when he sees a picture of a man about to be executed?

4. In Chapter Nine, who does Eamonn say he was caught between?

5. What does Farooq text Parvaiz in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Karamat think of London and his political critics?

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

5. What does Farooq talk to Parvaiz about when they first spend time with each other in Chapter Five?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Parvaiz arrange to go to Raqqa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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