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

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

3. 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?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?
(a) Youth.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Strength.
(d) Docility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ended up raising Lelia, after Haroun had given the order for her to do so?

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

3. Which member of Haroun's family named Mahmous was rewarded by the Ottoman government for his help in deporting Armenians?

4. How many of his own siblings did Haroun raise after their parents died in a car accident?

5. How old was Leila's biological mother when she gave birth to Leila?

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