Home Fire

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. Where is Isma going?

2. On what day does Isma arrive?

3. Who called the police on Parvaiz?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why did Isma raise her twin siblings?

2. What happens at the airport in London?

3. Why doesn’t Isma reach out to Parvaiz when she sees that he is online on Skype?

4. Why does Isma’s family dislike Eamonn’s father?

Paired Resource

“4 Tips for Writing a Modern Retelling”

• This is an article by Nikki Payne from Writer’s Digest discussing four important elements of a retelling.
• Connects to Home Fire as a retelling of Antigone
• What might we look out for in Home Fire after having read this article?

Chapters 3-4

Reading Check

1. With whom does Aneeka Skype in the bathroom at Eamonn’s?

2. What does Aneeka think will happen if she boards a plane?

3. What happens when Eamonn brings up Parvaiz with his father?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why did Eamonn’s father begin visiting Eamonn’s great uncle alone on Eid?

2.