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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Body, “Karma” - Part Three: The Soul, “The Blue Betta Fish”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Bridge," who pushes Leila's body over the side of Bosphorous Bridge while surrounded by police?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Jameelah.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Zaynab122.

2. What piece of jewelry does one of the adolescent boys steal from Leila's body?
(a) Her locket.
(b) Her ring.
(c) Her bracelet.
(d) Her earring.

3. Which of Leila's five friends believes that there two kinds of families?
(a) Zaynab122.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Nalan.

4. Who color hair does the truck's driver have when the policeman spots Leila's five friends in the chapter called "The Road"?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned within descriptions of the annual birthday parties Leila's five friends threw for her?

2. With what sensory detail does Elif Shafak begin the chapter "Eight Minutes" within Part One?

3. How many adolescent boys are in the group who first finds Leila's body?

4. 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?

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

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