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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 the main reason Julian dislikes Berlin?

2. What does Steffi end up spending her share of their smuggling money mostly on?

3. Who did Kiki run into and go one one date with in Istanbul after breaking up with Osman?

4. Who is Steffi's daughter?

5. What did Osman give Kiki when she left the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are things between Julian and Monika when Monika returns from Germany?

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

5. What does Dieter come across in the museum at the Met in New York City that he recognizes from years earlier?

6. Why does Kiki sell her last rug that Osman has given her?

7. Why are the three Germans so impressed with the clay tablet they come across at the archaeological site they visit in their travels across Turkey?

8. What is the relationship between Monika and Lynette?

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

10. How do Kiki and Osman's family treat the three Germans who stop at the farm in 1977?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Claude's and Teddy's car accident seem to play in Teddy's decision not to accept his ex-wife Sally's entreaties to begin their love affair again? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Towards the very end of the novel, Reyna is struck by a sign at the animal clinic where she works that reads "New Puppy? Love Is Not Enough" (220). Write an essay explaining the significance Reyna assigns to the quote on the sign that extends far beyond instructions/advice for pet owners.

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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