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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 Bruno send Monika out to find for Steffi to eat as a treat in the hospital?

2. What does Bruno want to do in Austria that shocks Dieter?

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

4. Who is Kiki in a romantic relationship with when she finally does leave Turkey to come back to the U.S. for good?

5. How did Dieter meet Gisela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Monika tell Lynette is the purpose of her job at the museum?

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

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

4. In what way does Bruno say he can help Monika and Julian?

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

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

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

8. Why does Kiki still stay in touch with her friend Pat after all the years they have known each other?

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

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

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

What are the differences between what Kiki tells Reyna about why her marriage to Osman fell apart and the full story of what really happened between Kiki and Osman? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does the advent of Hurricane Sandy spark a new phase in Reyna's and Kiki's relationship? Write an essay explaining the symbolism of the hurricane as a turning point for Reyna and Kiki.

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