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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 what month of 1990 is Leila's death covered on national television?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) June.

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) Feet.
(b) Nose.
(c) Hands.
(d) Body hair.

3. How old was Uncle when he returned from the Korean War and began to sexually abuse Leila?
(a) 52.
(b) 43.
(c) 22.
(d) 35.

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

5. What malady afflicted Leila when the family returned from the vacation by the sea?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Fever.
(c) Ennui.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 1968 did a group of soldiers from a particular country arrive in Istanbul?

2. What was NOT an event that occurred during the Turkish police's raid on the campus of Istanbul University?

3. Whose perspective is presented by the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Blue Betta Fish"?

4. Which of Leila's five friends believes that there two kinds of families?

5. What is the last name of the morgue orderly named Kameel?

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