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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Mind, “Eight Minutes” - “Remaining Eight Seconds”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Zaynab's qualities made her different from the rest of her family?
(a) Her ambition.
(b) Her race.
(c) Her love of travel.
(d) Her status as a little person.

2. At what type of establishment did Zaynab122 work when she and Leila met?
(a) A medical clinic.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) A chip shop.
(d) A brothel.

3. What thought caused Leila to feel a sense of gloom descend upon her during the wedding reception?
(a) The thought that she would never wear a gown like the bride's.
(b) The thought that Suzan may not be her real mother.
(c) The thought that the party would go on for many more hours.
(d) The thought that her abuser was having a wonderful time.

4. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?
(a) Docility.
(b) Youth.
(c) Strength.
(d) Fertility.

5. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?
(a) A pharmacy.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Binnaz began to have one miscarriage after another, the family elders reminded Haroun that the Qur'an says a man can have how many wives?

2. In what country does the narrative of 10 Seconds 38 Minutes in This Strange World take place?

3. Four minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she has a memory associated with what taste and smell?

4. The narrator states that Sinan was "endowed with" his parents' "best quality," (76) which was what?

5. In "Seven Minutes," it is revealed that Leila began to call Sinan by what nickname when they still lived in Van?

(see the answer key)

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