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

2. What type of fruit does the fig tree believe Adam and Eve ate?
(a) Peach.
(b) Passion fruit.
(c) Fig.
(d) Apricot.

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

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

5. What are the dimensions of a well in the Prologue?
(a) 50 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(b) 45 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(c) 34 feet deep and 4 feet wide.
(d) 67 feet deep and 4 feet wide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Panagiota believe is the most unpropitious?

2. What color dress does Defne wear in "Words Fly"?

3. After Ada tells Kostas about her father and uncle in "The Moon," what does he get her to drink?

4. What does Kostas see when he is reading and stares into the garden in "Heatwave"?

5. How old was Andreas when he left home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Ada remember that her mother told her about soldiers during World War II?

2. What is the name of the partition that cuts through Cyprus and why?

3. What is the fig tree's history?

4. Why is there a terrible smell during a heatwave in May 1974?

5. How does the fig tree compare how humans regard the death of cute animals and the death of the bats in Nicosia during the heat wave?

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

7. What is the fig tree feeling on page 20 and why?

8. In "Night," what does Ada remember doing in history class?

9. Why does Meryem visit Kostas and Ada?

10. What does Defne wear when she sneaks out to see Kostas in "Lovers"?

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