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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. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

2. The wall of Leila's apartment is covered in paintings done by which artist?
(a) Dali.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) D/Ali.
(d) Warhol.

3. With what sensory detail does Elif Shafak begin the chapter "Eight Minutes" within Part One?
(a) The taste of lemon and sugar.
(b) The smell of baklava.
(c) The smell of sulphuric acid.
(d) The sound of howling dogs.

4. How many siblings did Jameelah have at the time of her mother's death?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. The volatile relationship between Jameelah and which of her family members caused her to begin to spend more time on the streets?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her stepfather.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her stepmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?

2. It is revealed that of the four sex workers murdered in the last month, which woman had fought her attacker the hardest?

3. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?

4. In what make of car were the two men riding when they stopped to talk to Leila on the evening of her death?

5. Out of what type of wood did Haroun carve a cradle for the child whose arrival is portrayed in "Five Minutes"?

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