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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. In what country is Tripoli located?

2. When does Carla believe her love for Ben was lost?

3. Why did Lucia never leave Tripoli and return to her homeland and family?

4. Which of the following male characters admits to looking at Carla and experiencing unexpected romantic feelings?

5. What does Carla's husband, Ben, do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does the British man give Carla at the palazzo, about Tripoli?

2. How does Carla settle into her new life in Rome?

3. What is the final party like at the palazzo?

4. How does Mantini describe Tripoli after the evacuation?

5. Why does Mantini believe that Carla should leave Ben?

6. Why doesn't Carla return to Libya after the evacuation?

7. What compliments do Carla and Mantini exchange when they first meet one another?

8. How does Carla react to seeing Ben for the first time since moving to Tripoli?

9. How does Mantini greet Carla when she enters his store, and how does Carla react to such a warm greeting?

10. Where are the evacuees, taken from Tripoli, dropped off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Carla comes to visit Mantini's shop for the first time, the reader gets to see firsthand how different life in Tripoli is for her. First, describe the difficulties Carla had to endure while traveling to visit Mantini's shop. Then, explain how Carla's struggle with the new culture first brought Mantini close to her.

Essay Topic 2

Mohammad is the matchmaker of this novel. Describe Mohammand's physicality. Then, explain how he helped to bring Carla and Mohammad together. Finally, explain whether or not you believe Mohammad knew what he was doing when he invited Carla to visit him at the crystal shop.

Essay Topic 3

There is a lot of political tension in the novel and Wetzel hints at this tension many times throughout the text using foreshadowing. First, create a definition for the literary tool of foreshadowing. Then, give one example of a time Wetzel uses foreshadowing in the novel, and explain whether or not you found this foreshadowing effective, and why.

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