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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. What number does Kameel provide to the five friends after they are escorted off hospital property?
(a) The phone number of Leila's family in Van.
(b) The number of stab wounds she sustained.
(c) The number of blows she sustained to her head.
(d) The number of Leila's grave.

2. In the chapter called "To Err is Human," it is revealed that during Nalan's "long, arduous transition from the outward appearance of a man to the woman inside that she already was," (260) she found which of her features the most troublesome?
(a) Nose.
(b) Hands.
(c) Body hair.
(d) Feet.

3. What name did Leila use when referring to her father Haroun?
(a) Papa.
(b) Baba.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Dada.

4. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes," Leila met Humeyra when they were both trying to save what type of animal?
(a) Cat.
(b) Pig.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Dog.

5. On average, how many people die in Istanbul every year, according to the narrator, though only 120 of them each year are buried at the Cemetery for the Companionless?
(a) 55, 000.
(b) 20, 000.
(c) 5, 000.
(d) 80, 000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did D/Ali pay "a hefty sum" (154) in order to free Leila so that he could marry her?

3. The medical examiner provides a window of how many hours in relation to the time of Leila's death?

4. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?

5. What color sequined dress did Bitter Ma tell Leila to wear to the Intercontinental Hotel on the night of her death?

(see the answer key)

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