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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. In "Restless Mind," what is the name of a doctor Kostas tells Defne he met who knew her?
2. In "Butterflies and Bones," what color dress is Defne wearing?
3. What is the name of the psychic that Dfne, Kostas, and Meryem visit in Cypris in the early 2000s?
4. Where do Kostas and David meet in "Remains of Love"?
5. In "Proverbs," where is Kostas invited to present a paper?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Defne go back to work after Ada is born, and what does she do?
2. What does the fig tree learn about a military cemetery from a butterfly?
3. When Ada is a baby, why does Defne ask Kostas not to tell her about the past?
4. How does Kostas take a cutting of the tree, and how does he care for it?
5. How do Kostas and Defne view human suffering?
6. How does Kostas try to ensure the fig tree will survive?
7. Where did Chico, the parrot at The Happy Fig come from?
8. Why does Dr. Norman agree to give Defne an abortion?
9. How does Kostas arrive in Northern Cyprus in the early 2000s, and how does he feel?
10. What is Kostas' study like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Defne asked Kosta not to tell Ada about the past. Why did Defne ask Kostas not to tell Ada about the past? How does her decision affect Ada and cause her to struggle to understand who she is and where she came from?
Essay Topic 2
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Island of Missing Trees? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Shafak uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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