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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 food do Kostas and Defne have when they visit a castle in "Ammonite"?

2. According to the fig tree, how far can butterflies fly?

3. What does Ada ask Meryem to bake before she leaves?

4. In "The Hidden," why does Ada go to bed early the evening her aunt left?

5. In "Restless Mind," when the crew finishes at their site, how far will they go to dig at a dried-out riverbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kostas arrive in Northern Cyprus in the early 2000s, and how does he feel?

2. Why is the work that Defne and her team are doing a race against time?

3. What is Kostas working on, and what did he do last year in "Proverbs"?

4. What does Meryem decide is wrong with Ada, and what does she think should be done about it?

5. What happens when Dr. Norman is about to give Defne an abortion in The Happy Fig?

6. How does the fig tree reveal that stories come together in real life?

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

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

9. How does Kostas take a cutting of the tree, and how does he care for it?

10. What does the fig tree learn about a military cemetery from a butterfly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Shafak uses in The Island of Missing Trees? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Shafak use personification in The Island of Missing Trees? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 3

Kostas’ parents died from cancer. Where did Kostas’ father work? How did his work lead to his death and later Panagiota’s death?

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