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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. How did Darisse try to get in touch with Claude the night he did not show up at the bar to meet her in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Reyna ask Kiki if she and Oliver can stay at her apartment after Claude dies in the accident?

3. How does Silas offer to help Darisse with Jeshauna?

4. What did Kiki do for a living right after she returned to New York from Istanbul?

5. Which stoic does Kiki tell Reyna she should read in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Reyna's first reaction when Boyd tells her about the cigarette-smuggling plans?

2. What does Reyna think when she sees the women on the bus to Rikers Island doing their hair and makeup?

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

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

5. Why does Teddy have financial problems following Claude's crashing into his truck?

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

7. What does SIlas tell Darisse about his opinions on Jeshuana, her daugther?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing what the last rug Kiki had from Osman symbolized for her. Why is she so regretful almost immediately after selling it?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Reyna's changing attitudes towards Boyd and his friends' cigarette-smuggling scheme, from the time when Boyd first tells her about it (28) to when she has a last minute change of heart about driving the car for them on one of their runs (52). What are some of Reyna's main considerations for going along with, and then rejecting, the scheme?

Essay Topic 3

Bruno, Dieter, and Steffi have an uneasy and tense partnership as they travel through Turkey on their smuggling escapades. Although their alliance is strained primarily by infidelity and a love triangle, write an essay analyzing some of the underlying character traits Bruno, Dieter, and Steffi exhibit that also contribute to their discord.

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