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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Assistant Chief of Police in Ka's hometown?
(a) Ipek.
(b) Orhan Bey.
(c) Kasim Bey.
(d) Turgut Bey.

2. What is the name of the owner of the Border City Gazette?
(a) Blue.
(b) Serdar Bey.
(c) Orhan Bey.
(d) Turgut Bey.

3. What does Ka realize has happened to Muhtar but not to him after they are taken in by police for questioning?
(a) He was fed.
(b) He was tortured.
(c) His clothes were taken.
(d) He was beaten.

4. Who does Blue believe has sent Ka to be used for a purpose to him?
(a) Necip.
(b) God.
(c) Kadife.
(d) Fazil.

5. Which of the following words does Ka not use to describe Kars before reading his poem at the National Theater?
(a) Desolate.
(b) Poor.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Sad.

6. What does Necip tell Ka he keeps seeing the same of over and over when he explains why he doesn't look down the road?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Landscapes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Colors.

7. Where does Sunay tell Ka that he and Funda disappeared to before gradually making their way back as performers?
(a) Italy.
(b) The Black Sea.
(c) France.
(d) The Dead Sea.

8. What is the name of the girl that Necip tells Ka he is in love with who was a model, but now wears headscarves?
(a) Hicran.
(b) Ipek.
(c) Hande.
(d) Kadife.

9. What does the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" do with her headscarf during the performance?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Washes it.
(c) Tears it.
(d) Ties it around her neck.

10. What poet does Ka tell Sunay that he and Muhtar both read when he says he must have grown up on Western films?
(a) E.E. Cummings.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Boudelaire.
(d) Robert Frost.

11. What is the name of the boy that is Necip's best friend and who goes to Ka?
(a) Fazil.
(b) Fahir.
(c) Rustem.
(d) Surab.

12. Which of the following things does Ipek not serve Ka for breakfast the day after the revolution at the theater?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Bread.
(c) Olives.
(d) Cheese.

13. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after asking Ipek repeatedly to go to bed with him?
(a) "The Night of the Revolution".
(b) "The Staircase".
(c) "Snow".
(d) "The Chocolate Box".

14. What does Kadife do before checking Ka for a microphone during their secret meeting at a hotel?
(a) Cries with him.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Kisses him.
(d) Pulls a gun on him.

15. What kind of soldiers is the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" saved by during the skit?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Communists.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who performs "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" in the book?

2. What does Ka become at first during his meeting with Ipek before composing himself?

3. Which of the following things is not mentioned as being one of Ka's daily habits while living in Germany?

4. Who does Ipek bring Ka a letter from when she comes to tell him the director's condition has worsened?

5. What kind of nationalists does Ka continue to tell Blue he needs joint support of along with the ex-Communists?

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