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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: “The End” and Part One, “One Minute” - “Nalan’s Story”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Cook.

2. How many miscarriages had Binnaz experienced prior to Leila's arrival?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. What was Leila's favorite activity during her childhood?
(a) Writing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Fishing.

4. What is the name of Leila's biological mother?
(a) Binnaz.
(b) Suzan.
(c) Jameelah.
(d) Sinan.

5. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Louis Pasteur.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Marie Curie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what type of receptacle does Leila find herself as she realizes that she is dead?

5. In what month of 1990 is Leila's death covered on national television?

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