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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. What does Ada's name mean in her mother's language?

2. How long does a fig tree remember?

3. How old does the fig tree say that the oak is in the Marathasa Valley in the Troodos Mountains?

4. How long is the partitition that separates one end of Cyprus from the other?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Kostas grandfather die?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "A Girl Name Island," what storm is approaching?

10. What place is set up for Kostas and Defne when they start meeting at the tavern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in The Island of Missing Trees to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner?

Essay Topic 3

Kostas’ parents died from cancer. Where did Kostas’ father work? How did his work lead to his death and later Panagiota’s death?

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