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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Body, “The Morgue” - “Sabotage”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does NOT know Leila as Tequlia Leila?
(a) Her one true love.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her clients.
(d) Her friends.

2. In what type of receptacle does Leila find herself as she realizes that she is dead?
(a) A box.
(b) A pool.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A dumpster.

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

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

5. The morgue is located in what area of the hospital?
(a) The front.
(b) The rear.
(c) The west wing.
(d) The east wing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The silver Mercedes carrying Leila's murderers pulls up to what kind of establishment in the chapter called "The Silver Mercedes"?

4. Soldiers affiliated with which country came to Istanbul in 1968?

5. Which of Leila's five friends tells hospital staff that they had been closer to Leila than her family was?

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