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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many books has Kostas published?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

2. What was causing a bad smell during the heatwave?
(a) Dead sea stars.
(b) Dead baby hawks.
(c) Dead mussels.
(d) Dead fruit bats.

3. 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.

4. How long do Defne and Kostas stay at The Happy Fig the first time they meet there?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 1/2 hours.

5. What type of fur coat does Meryem have?
(a) Fox.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the temperature when the first British soldiers showed up after Cyprus became a Crown Colony?

2. When did the fig tree come into the world?

3. When did the Greek nationalist organization known as EOKA ban all English lettering on Cyprus?

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

5. When does "Lovers" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Defne is nearly caught by her uncle after meeting Kostas, where does Kostas suggest they meet?

2. In "Lovers," how does Defne sneak out of her house to see Kostas?

3. Who contacts the fig tree in the night on page 99, and why?

4. What does the fig tree remember that Yusuf gave Yiorgos for his birthday?

5. What happened to the trees that used to cover Cyprus?

6. What partition divides Nicosia?

7. What is the fig tree's history?

8. What happened that summer when Archbishop Makarios was overthrown?

9. How does the heatwave begin in May 1974, and how do people try to cope?

10. What is Ada doing in "A Girl Named Island"?

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