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

2. How did the soldiers escape from the attack launched by protesters in Istanbul?
(a) They dove into the sea.
(b) They held a government official hostage.
(c) They shot their way out of the city.
(d) They flew off in airplanes.

3. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes," a celebration of what kind of landmark's recent completion was taking place in Istanbul?
(a) An opera house.
(b) A wall.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A mosque.

4. In the chapter entitled "The Five," all five of Leila's friends arrive separately to the hospital courtyard just past what time?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Suppertime.
(d) The end of Ramadan.

5. Nalan recalls in the chapter called "The Plan" that Leila had carried what item of D/Ali's everywhere she went after his death?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A comb.
(c) A Zippo lighter.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morgue is located in what area of the hospital?

2. How many siblings did Jameelah have at the time of her mother's death?

3. The narrator states emphatically in "The End" that what object does NOT mimic the qualities of time?

4. Which character leads the way as Leila's five friends approach and pass through the gates of the Cemetery of the Companionless?

5. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," the reader discovers that the recent murders of sex workers were all connected to the man Leila had met at what location the night of her death?

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