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

2. At the end of the novel's epilogue, Nalan closes her eyes and hears the sound of what?
(a) Weeping.
(b) Leila's laugh.
(c) A bird's song.
(d) Water.

3. What substance did the midwife use in hopes of forcing Leila to make a sound?
(a) Salt.
(b) Ice.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Rice.

4. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Goat stew.
(c) Single malt whiskey.
(d) Cardamom.

5. In what country was Zaynab122 born, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Zaynab's Story"?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Iran.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?

2. In the chapter entitled "Three Minutes," what flavor does Leila remember three minutes after her heart has stopped that takes her back to September of 1967?

3. The first memory that comes to Leila's mind in the first minute after her death has to do with what substance?

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

5. How many scars did D/Ali show to Leila when he was refuting her argument about their pasts?

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