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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) Dada.
(b) Baba.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Papa.

2. In the chapter entitled "Karma," Nalan suggests that they use the truck belonging to family members of which character?
(a) Leila.
(b) Haroun.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Humeyra.

3. It is revealed in "The Return" that only after D/Ali's death did Leila find out that he had borrowed part of the money to pay which character from loan sharks, rather than getting it for free from comrades?
(a) Haroun.
(b) Jameelah.
(c) Bitter Ma.
(d) Sinan.

4. Nalan feels "a wave of sorrow" (253) rise in her chest in "To Err is Human" when she thinks about spending what number of decades with her beloved friend Leila?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. Leila ran away from her family's home in Van forever during what event?
(a) Tarkan's birthday party.
(b) Suzan's funeral.
(c) Haroun's retirement party.
(d) Tarkan's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the soldiers escape from the attack launched by protesters in Istanbul?

2. 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?

3. How many times had "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (19) been banned from the street of brothels before he attacked Leila?

4. Which character brings a very strong vodka drink along on the expedition to reclaim Leila's body, as revealed in the chapter called "Vodka"?

5. What was NOT an event that occurred during the Turkish police's raid on the campus of Istanbul University?

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