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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 Claude's last name?

2. Where does Silas tell Darisse his name came from?

3. Where does Reyna work?

4. What does the truck driver do after calling 911 after Claude crashes into his truck?

5. What was the first thing Boyd and his friends ask Reyna to help with in their cigarette-smuggling plans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kiki's Turkish boyfriend, who later becomes her husband, stop selling carpets?

2. In the midst of Hurricane Sandy, what does Reyna's father call her and ask her to do?

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

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

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

6. How does Lionel treat Darisse when she comes to pick up her daughter?

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

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

9. What does Teddy apologize to Sally for ruining as part of his rehab for his alcoholism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing why Kiki is so excited when the three Germans - Dieter, Bruno, and Steffi - show up on Osman's family's farm in Turkey in 1977. Why do you think she ultimately decided not to take them up on their offer to her to travel with them?

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