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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Mind, “Four Minutes” - “Jameelah’s Story”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second time Leila meets Nalan, what change has occurred since their last meeting?
(a) Leila is no longer engaging in sex work.
(b) Neither of them lives in Istanbul any longer.
(c) Nalan is now living as a man.
(d) Nalan is now living as a woman.

2. 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?
(a) A tomato.
(b) A pinch of salt.
(c) A high-heeled shoe.
(d) A drop of water.

3. How old was Leila when Uncle began to sexually abuse her?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

4. In what year did Binnaz's brother return from fighting in the Korean War?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1958.

5. 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) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What is the name of Leila's biological mother?

4. The narrator states that Jameelah's father subscribed to what religion at the time of Jameelah's birth?

5. Leila steps in and defends what kind of worker against Uncle's abuse?

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