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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ka ask to stop to write down a poem when being driven to another facility to identify the Director of Education's killer?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A teahouse.
(c) A veternarian clinic.
(d) A cafe.

2. What does Turgut advise Ka to increase his belief in to save himself from being punished by Islamists?
(a) God.
(b) His country.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Islam.

3. What does Ka tell the sheik that snow reminds him of when they first talk at the café?
(a) His mother.
(b) Ipek.
(c) His sister.
(d) God.

4. Who does Necip proclaim his love for when he comes up to Ka for the second time in the book?
(a) Ipek.
(b) Hicran.
(c) Kadife.
(d) Hande.

5. What does Sunay tell Ka that he never lost his belief in that his guiding principles could take him to the summit of?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) Success.

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

7. 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) Colors.
(c) Landscapes.
(d) Flowers.

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

9. Which of the following scenes is not on the posters and wall clippings at a tea house visited by Ka to write the poem "Hidden Symmetry"?
(a) A massacre.
(b) A soccer schedule.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) Swiss mountains.

10. What village is the man from who travels to Kars specifically to target the director of the Institute of Education?
(a) Kars.
(b) Tokat.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Istanbul.

11. How many years had Ka been away from Turkey when he returns at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

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

13. 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) Ipek.
(b) Hande.
(c) Hicran.
(d) Kadife.

14. Who does the director claim he is under orders from to ban local women from wearing their head scarves when questioned by a man in the book?
(a) Kars.
(b) Tokart.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Erzurum.

15. Where does Ka secretly meet Kadife at a hotel to discuss Blue?
(a) A storage room.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) A bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first poem that Ka writes in the book?

2. What kind of fantasies has Ka tried to banish while making love to Ipek?

3. Where has Ka just returned from reading poetry when he is killed?

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

5. What does Funda's husband say before running offstage after he and his group opened fire on the National Theater audience?

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