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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being transported to England, how long did it take the fig to yield fruit again?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 7 years.

2. What month does Ada remember when she was in primary school and her mother did not meet her at the bus stop?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) May.

3. After Ada tells Kostas about her father and uncle in "The Moon," what does he get her to drink?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Lemonade.

4. How long does it take worms and microorganisms to produce an inch of soil?
(a) Hundreds of years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) Decades.
(d) 500 years.

5. What is the name of the approaching cyclone in "Fig Tree"?
(a) Humberto.
(b) Helene.
(c) Tobias.
(d) Hera.

6. What time does Defne sneak out of the house in "Lovers"?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

7. What type of fruit does the fig tree believe Adam and Eve ate?
(a) Peach.
(b) Apricot.
(c) Fig.
(d) Passion fruit.

8. In "Shelter," who does Defne say she ran into the other night after seeing Kostas?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandmother.

9. When did Yiorgos and Yusuf open The Happy Fig?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1953.

10. What color are Meryem's suitcases?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Navy.

11. What is the date in "A Letter"?
(a) June 1974.
(b) April 1974.
(c) March 1974.
(d) August 1974.

12. What type of dog does Kostas' uncle and his wife have?
(a) Golden retriever.
(b) German shepherd.
(c) Cocker spaniel.
(d) Collie.

13. Where does Kostas suggest that he and Defne start meeting in "Shelter"?
(a) A tavern.
(b) An old church.
(c) An abandoned house.
(d) A cave.

14. How long does the fig tree think it will be buried?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months or less.
(d) About 2 months.

15. When did the fig tree come into the world?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1878.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dimensions of a well in the Prologue?

2. In "The Moon," what nationalities are those who die when an explosive is thrown into The Happy Fig?

3. In "A Girl Named Island," how long has it been since Ada's mother died?

4. What does Meryem remember that the goat which she and Defne had loved to eat?

5. In "Heatwave," when does the heat begin to build up?

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