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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. Who is the only person Ipek can think of when Ka tries to see when they will meet again after they make love for the first time?

2. What is the name of the colonel that Sunay is with when Ka returns with Kadife's agreement to perform in his play?

3. Whose death does Fazil say intensified his feelings for the woman he fantasizes about all the time?

4. What does Ipek say happens to a person's belongings after they die?

5. What newspaper does Muhtar tell Ka wrote an unfavorable article about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orhan remember the first time he met Ipek in Kars?

2. What does Blue tell Ka he has changed his mind about regarding Kadife going through with Sunay's play when he goes to visit him?

3. Why does Ipek decide not to go with Ka to Germany?

4. What does Ka do just after making love to Ipek for the first time?

5. What does Ka make Ipek do before he leaves for the National Theater to ensure she doesn't leave him?

6. How does Orhan describe Ka to Ipek after he returns to Germany from Kars?

7. What does Z Demirkol reveal to Ka regarding Ipek after grabbing him in the street?

8. What does Sunay tell Serdar Bey to write two articles about to be printed in his paper the next day during their meeting with Ka before Sunay's final play performance?

9. What is the nature of the letters Ka and Blue write to assure Blue's protection while he is held prisoner?

10. How does Sunay describe his arrangement for Blue's release to Ka and Serdar Bey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of atheism in the book, noting its impact in an Islamic nation such as Kars. What is telling of the feelings towards a Western belief like atheism based on Fazil's commentary regarding it in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of jealousy in the book, noting Ka's irrationality once it entered the picture. What reasons can explain Ka's sudden jealousy that may have caused him to lose Ipek forever?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's inclusion of social commentary in the book to show the tension and turmoil in Kars. What is the reader able to feel in relation to the high school students, the unemployed, and the other activists whose protests were examined in the book?

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