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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Body, “The Morgue” - “Sabotage”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who escorts the five friends off the hospital property once they are denied access to Leila's body?
(a) Policemen.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Security guards.
(d) A receptionist.

2. Who comes to congratulate the family on a new arrival and then accuses Leila of jealousy?
(a) Suzan.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Zaynab.
(d) Baba.

3. In "Six Minutes," Leila recalls attending the wedding of which character and his bride?
(a) Haroun's cousin.
(b) Uncle's youngest son.
(c) Uncle's oldest son.
(d) Suzan's brother.

4. What was Leila's cause of death determined to be?
(a) Strangulation.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Blunt force trauma.

5. Four minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she has a memory associated with what taste and smell?
(a) Cardamom coffee.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Salt.
(d) Gardenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Binnaz's brother return from fighting in the Korean War?

2. Which of Leila's five friends is the only person in the group devoted to religion?

3. Which character waits outside of Leila's apartment building in the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City"?

4. In what year did Leila spend her final night on earth?

5. As a child, Sinan "felt more comfortable next to people who were not" what "in any way" (77)?

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