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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: “The End” and Part One, “One Minute” - “Nalan’s Story”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did Leila use when referring to Binnaz?
(a) Mama.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mummy.
(d) Auntie.

2. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) Louis Pasteur.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Albert Einstein.

3. The second time Leila meets Nalan, what change has occurred since their last meeting?
(a) Nalan is now living as a woman.
(b) Neither of them lives in Istanbul any longer.
(c) Leila is no longer engaging in sex work.
(d) Nalan is now living as a man.

4. The narrator states emphatically in "The End" that what object does NOT mimic the qualities of time?
(a) A ball of yarn.
(b) A drop of blood.
(c) A drop of ink.
(d) A sunset.

5. What piece of jewelry does one of the adolescent boys steal from Leila's body?
(a) Her bracelet.
(b) Her locket.
(c) Her earring.
(d) Her ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she recalls which two very different flavors?

2. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?

3. Who ended up raising Lelia, after Haroun had given the order for her to do so?

4. What kind of animal is Leila's pet Charlie Chaplin?

5. How does the narrator describe Leila's childhood home in the historic city of Van?

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