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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 Steffi end up spending her share of their smuggling money mostly on?

2. How had Kiki reacted when Osman cut his hand and bled on a tablecloth on the farm?

3. What season was the hardest for Kiki on the farm?

4. What does Bruno ask Monika to do for her mother?

5. What job did Kiki have in Istabul after breaking up with Osman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually causes Dieter to break off his relationship with Steffi?

2. What is the main cause of the awful fights and tensions between Steffi and Bruno?

3. What do the doctors tell Steffi she has to give up that she does not seem to be able to quit?

4. How did Kiki feel about working on Osman's family's farm?

5. What does Dieter's visit to the Met in New York City cause him to reminisce about from his time in Turkey?

6. How does Monika respond when Bruno tells her Steffi could use some money?

7. Why is Julian, Monika's husband, touchy and moody in Chapter 7?

8. Why is Kiki tempted to accept the Germans' offer to travel with them around Turkey for a while?

9. When Kiki does leave Osman's farm, what does she do back in Istanbul at first?

10. Why does Monika have to make a hasty trip to Germany in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Darisse's path forward after Claude's disappearance embody the theme of "improvement" and redemption? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific examples from the text.

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

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?

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