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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Body, “Karma” - Part Three: The Soul, “The Blue Betta Fish”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leilia has a "sinking feeling" (11) when she realizes that which event has just occurred?
(a) Her heart has ceased to beat.
(b) Her mother has died.
(c) Her purse has been stolen.
(d) Her friends have left her alone.

2. What name did Leila use when referring to her father Haroun?
(a) Baba.
(b) Papa.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Dada.

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

4. The narrator states that Jameelah's father subscribed to what religion at the time of Jameelah's birth?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Sufism.
(d) Islam.

5. In the chapter entitled "The Bridge," who pushes Leila's body over the side of Bosphorous Bridge while surrounded by police?
(a) Nalan.
(b) Jameelah.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Zaynab122.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Zaynab's qualities made her different from the rest of her family?

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

3. The narrator states that Leila's only brother would have been diagnosed years later as having which condition?

4. How many miles away from Istanbul is the historic city of Van, where Leila's parents live?

5. In what month did Leila live her last night on earth?

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