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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 Karamat say when he learns of Aneeka in Chapter Eight?

2. Who does Terry say Eamonn is like?

3. What do Farooq's cousins do while Parvaiz is chained?

4. Who is Abu Raees?

5. What does Farooq say about Parvaiz's sister in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clause does Karamat Lone add to the Immigration Bill?

2. What name has Farooq chosen for Parvaiz and why? What does Parvaiz think?

3. What do Isma and Aneeka say to one another that they think about life after death?

4. What does Farooq talk to Parvaiz about when they first spend time with each other in Chapter Five?

5. What does Gladys say on TV in Chapter Seven? What happens in response on the internet?

6. What are the some of the ways Aneeka feels and acts in grief in Chapter Seven? What are some of the metaphors she uses? List at least three.

7. What does Karamat think of London and his political critics?

8. What does Parvaiz find out from Farooq in Chapter Six that he did not know before?

9. What does Karamat Lone say in his TV interview in Chapter Seven?

10. What does Aneeka do when Parvaiz's coffin arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Karamat Lone makes a speech telling mostly Muslim population of schoolchildren that they must fit in, rather than stand out, to be British. How is this idea of British-ness similar or different than other characters's ideas in the novel? Choose two characters and analyze how they are “British” and what this definition means to them.

Essay Topic 2

Aristotle, in his Poetics, writes that a piece of art as a tragedy is "incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to interpret its catharsis of such of such emotions.” Does Home Fire match this description? Use two to three examples to say why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Cornielle, a famous seventeenth century French playwright, says that the very nature of tragedy is based upon the idea of free will. Do the characters in Home Fire have free will? How do they exercise their right to choose? How do ancestry, history, and a sense of duty tie into the decisions they make? Choose one of the characters and analyze if/how they have free will, what their will is influenced by, and how historical contexts play into their decisions or lack of.

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