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

2. How old is Ada in the late 2010s?

3. How long does a fig tree remember?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What note does Yusuf find on the tavern door that he does not share with Yiorgos?

2. In "Loneliness," what message does Ada get on her phone?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What happened to The Happy Fig in May 1974?

8. What is Kostas' career, and what does he do?

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

10. What does the fig tree miss buried in the ground?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Defne worked with the Committee on Missing Persons. How did her work promote rehabilitation and healing? How did it also stir up old animosities? Was her work more of a positive influence or a negative one?

Essay Topic 2

Through Defne, Shafak reveals that love is either superficial or deep. What different types of love are there in The Island of Missing Trees? What do these relationships communicate about love and its many facets?

Essay Topic 3

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before events in a novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in The Island of Missing Trees?

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