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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Roots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Words Fly," what song is Kostas humming when he walks in The Happy Fig?
(a) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.
(b) Bennie and the Jets.
(c) Proud Mary.
(d) American Pie.

2. What language besides English does Kostas speak?
(a) Turkish.
(b) Bulgarian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Serbo-Croatian.

3. How long does the fig tree think it will be buried?
(a) 4 months.
(b) About 2 months.
(c) 3 months or less.
(d) 5 months.

4. What month does Ada remember when she was in primary school and her mother did not meet her at the bus stop?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) April.

5. In "Shelter," who does Defne say she ran into the other night after seeing Kostas?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much soil needs to cover a tree when it is buried?

2. How long was the cutting that Kostas took from a fig tree at a tavern in Cyprus to grow in England?

3. How did Kostas' father die?

4. Shades of what color have been used to decorate The Happy Fig?

5. How many years before Meryem's mother died, did her father die?

(see the answer key)

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