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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. How are Suzan and Binnaz related to one another?
(a) They are sisters-in-law.
(b) They are married to the same man.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are sisters.

2. How old was Leila's biological mother when she gave birth to Leila?
(a) 19.
(b) 26.
(c) 22.
(d) 30.

3. How does the narrator describe Leila's childhood home in the historic city of Van?
(a) Cramped.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Sterile.
(d) Large.

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

5. How many miles away from Istanbul is the historic city of Van, where Leila's parents live?
(a) 250.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the narrative of 10 Seconds 38 Minutes in This Strange World take place?

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

3. The narrator states in the prologue, "The End," that Leila would throw what object playfully at someone she heard referring to her in the past tense?

4. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?

5. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?

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