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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 is Darisse's job?

2. What style of music does Silas play?

3. Who is the nurse Darisse realizes she might be interested in romatically?

4. What happens with Teddy's insurance company?

5. What does Darisse do for Lionel in order to placate him so she can keep seeing her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Darisse unable to have custody of her two year-old daughter, Jeshauna?

2. What does Kiki eventually tell Reyna was the reason she left Osman, and their marriage, in Turkey?

3. What does Darisse do to try to win back Lionel's favor when he is upset with her?

4. What was the main reason that Teddy and Sally got divorced?

5. Why does Sally tell Teddy she is breaking off their affair?

6. Why does Reyna change her mind at the last minute about driving to Virginia?

7. What does Kiki end up doing for a living after her own shop fails, and how does her family feel about it?

8. What is Darisse's job and what is the reader's impression of how well she performs it?

9. Why do Boyd and his friends ask Reyna to drive one of the runs to Virginia to smuggle cigarettes?

10. What was Reyna's real reason for wanting Kiki to stay with her and Oliver during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how Silber uses Biblical references, specifically to King David and the Hittites, as a common thread connecting Darisse and the three Germans - Dieter, Bruno, and Steffi.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how struggling with addiction creates a type of bond between Teddy and his stepdaughter, April. What are the subjects of some of the discussions Teddy and April have, and how do each of their struggles with addiction seem to affect their attitudes about God?

Essay Topic 3

What does Kiki's friend Pat, an American she met while in Istanbul who had children and decided to stay living there for decades, symbolize for Kiki? Why do you think the two women managed to stay friends for decades? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

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