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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. Which friend of Steffi's is at the hospital when Monika gets there?

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

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

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

5. What highway did Claude's and Teddy's accident happen on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Steffi's role as she travels around Turkey buying artifacts with Dieter and Bruno?

5. What does Kiki do with her last two rugs from Emir after she gets to New York City?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Darisse's feelings when she does not hear from Claude at all, unaware that Claude has been killed in a car accident. What does Darisse guess has happened to Claude, and how does she handle his disappearance? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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