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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. At the Ledra Palace, how many volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica did a mouse nibble through?

2. What tea did Defne drink when she was trying to miscarry after Kostas left?

3. How many songbirds were found in the suitcase of a smuggler?

4. In "The Hidden," why does Ada go to bed early the evening her aunt left?

5. In "Restless Mind," what is the name of a doctor Kostas tells Defne he met who knew her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Defne die?

2. In "Picnic," where do Defne and Kostas go together and what do they do?

3. How do Kostas and Defne view human suffering?

4. In "Remains of Love," what does Defne show Kostas that they found and what does she say regarding how they found it?

5. When Ada is a baby, why does Defne ask Kostas not to tell her about the past?

6. In "Ancient Soul," why and how is Kostas beaten?

7. What does Meryem remember about the garden her family had when she was a child?

8. Where was Kostas when Defne died, and how did he learn of her death?

9. In "The Hidden," what do Kostas and Ada do together?

10. Where did Chico, the parrot at The Happy Fig come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does Shafak use two different viewpoints in the book? How do those viewpoints influence what readers know about events and characters? How do they help readers connect with and understand characters?

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

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Shafak uses in The Island of Missing Trees? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events or concepts?

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