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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Mind, “Eight Minutes” - “Remaining Eight Seconds”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color sequined dress did Bitter Ma tell Leila to wear to the Intercontinental Hotel on the night of her death?
(a) Purple.
(b) Silver.
(c) Red.
(d) Gold.

2. Who gave birth to the baby mentioned in the chapter entitled "Five Minutes"?
(a) Binnaz.
(b) Suzan.
(c) Leila.
(d) Jameelah.

3. After young Sinan's father died, he harbored "a nagging suspicion that, no matter how hard he tried and how much he changed, he would always" (77) commit what action toward his mother?
(a) Sadden her.
(b) Fail her.
(c) Belittle her.
(d) Anger her.

4. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Taste.
(d) Smell.

5. In what make of car were the two men riding when they stopped to talk to Leila on the evening of her death?
(a) Volvo.
(b) BMW.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Volkswagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who strongly disapproved of the dancing taking place at the wedding depicted in "Six Minutes"?

2. How does the narrator describe Leila's childhood home in the historic city of Van?

3. In what African country was Jameelah born to parents of two different religions?

4. In the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?

5. What piece of jewelry does one of the adolescent boys steal from Leila's body?

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