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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 type of pot do Kostas and Defne plant the cutting from the fig tree?
2. What birds does Kostas tell Ada about before she goes into school on the first day back for the term?
3. How long of a waiting list did the exorcist have that Meryem takes Ada to see about the djinn?
4. When does Defne say that Yusuf and Yiorgos disappeared?
5. When Defne went to The Happy Fig for an abortion, how long had it been since the doors of the tavern had been closed for customers?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Defne go back to work after Ada is born, and what does she do?
2. What is Kostas working on, and what did he do last year in "Proverbs"?
3. Why is the work that Defne and her team are doing a race against time?
4. What does the fig tree learn from a mosquito?
5. What is Kostas' study like?
6. How and why did Defne transmute into a tree?
7. What happened in Chile under Pinochet?
8. How does Kostas plan to contact Defne when he returns to Cyprus in the early 2000s?
9. What happened to the child Defne had after Kostas left?
10. What does Meryem decide is wrong with Ada, and what does she think should be done about it?
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
The fig tree often commented on the pendulums of optimism and pessimism she had seen during her life. Why does the fig tree believe there are cycles of optimism and pessimism in humans?
Essay Topic 3
Panagiota did not believe Kostas was prepared to deal with life and its harsh realities. Why did Panagiota not believe that Kostas was prepared to deal with life and its harsh realities? How did dead bats symbolize her fear that Kostas was too sensitive and sentimental?
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