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

2. At every possible opportunity, Leila and her five friends would gather for dinner and to engage in what activity together?
(a) To go roller skating.
(b) To watch old movies.
(c) To give one another makeovers.
(d) To play Yahtzee.

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

4. The narrator states that Jameelah's father subscribed to what religion at the time of Jameelah's birth?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Sufism.
(d) Islam.

5. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?
(a) Cardamom.
(b) Goat stew.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Single malt whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Leila's only brother would have been diagnosed years later as having which condition?

2. The volatile relationship between Jameelah and which of her family members caused her to begin to spend more time on the streets?

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

4. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?

5. How many scars did D/Ali show to Leila when he was refuting her argument about their pasts?

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