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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. Where was Kostas the week that Defne died?

2. How many years did it take Turkish doctor, Mehmet Aziz, to eradicated malaria from Cyprus.

3. How many British babies are buried in a military cemetery on Cyprus?

4. When does Maria Fernanda say a lot of progress was made in forensic fieldwork in Guatamala?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dr. Norman agree to give Defne an abortion?

3. What is Kostas' study like?

4. What happened in Chile under Pinochet?

5. When does Defne go back to work after Ada is born, and what does she do?

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

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

8. How does Kostas try to ensure the fig tree will survive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Panagiota has superstitious rules she follows to try to prevent bad things from happening. In what way are both Panagiota and Meryem superstitious? How does superstition affects their lives and how they live?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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