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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. Where was Osman's farm located?

2. What is Monika's job?

3. What kind of artifact do the Germans think is especially valuable that they buy in Turkey?

4. What part of Berlin did Monika grow up in?

5. What does Dieter buy Steffi as an apology gift for breaking up with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Monika and Lynette?

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

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

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

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

7. Towards the end of their travels in Turkey, what does Bruno suggest doing to Steffi that shocks Dieter?

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

9. What is Monika's relationship with her father like?

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

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

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

What does Kiki's friend Pat, an American she met while in Istanbul who had children and decided to stay living there for decades, symbolize for Kiki? Why do you think the two women managed to stay friends for decades? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

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