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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Andreas when he left home?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

2. On page 159, what type of cake did Yiorgos have for his birthday?
(a) Red velvet.
(b) Cherry-and-chocolate gateau.
(c) Tiramisu.
(d) Eclair cake with chocolate ganache.

3. Where does Kostas suggest that he and Defne start meeting in "Shelter"?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tavern.
(d) An old church.

4. How many days does the fig tree remember that Yiorgos and Yusuf took off from working at The Happy Fig?
(a) 6.
(b) None.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. How long has it been since the fig tree was brought to England by Kostas?
(a) 18 years.
(b) More than 16 years.
(c) About 17 years.
(d) 15 years.

6. During what month was Michalis murdered?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) July.

7. In "Fig Tree," when was the last great cyclone?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1723.
(d) 1891.

8. In a story Ada remembers her mother telling her about soldiers in World War II, what type of cloud did they see?
(a) Shelf clouds.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Poisonous gas.
(d) Mammatus clouds.

9. What is the name of the parrot at The Happy Fig?
(a) Chico.
(b) Flip.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Draco.

10. In "Lovers," how old is Kostas?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

11. How long is the partitition that separates one end of Cyprus from the other?
(a) 110 miles.
(b) 125 miles.
(c) 90 miles.
(d) 85 miles.

12. What covers the entrance of The Happy Fig?
(a) Wisteria.
(b) Cyclamen.
(c) Honeysuckle vines.
(d) Gardenias.

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

14. How long does Ada scream in her history class before her voice gives out?
(a) 35 seconds.
(b) 63 seconds.
(c) 47 seconds.
(d) 52 seconds.

15. When did the Greek nationalist organization known as EOKA ban all English lettering on Cyprus?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month in 1956 were there 416 terror attacks?

2. How many books has Kostas published?

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

4. In the late 2010s, when does the epicentre of the storm over London shift westwards?

5. When were fig trees in Cyprus affected by a virus that killed them slowly?

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