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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sinan's Story," the reader learns that Sinan lived in a house with his mother and how many other people?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

2. What name did Haroun call his daughter Leila when he caught her playing with a hula hoop?
(a) Dope.
(b) Layabout.
(c) Whore.
(d) Heathen.

3. In the chapter entitled "Five Minutes," Leila recalls the birth of which character?
(a) Haroun.
(b) Sinan.
(c) Baba.
(d) Tarkan.

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

5. Leila ran away from her family's home in Van forever during what event?
(a) Tarkan's funeral.
(b) Tarkan's birthday party.
(c) Haroun's retirement party.
(d) Suzan's funeral.

6. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Firefighter.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Cook.

7. What thought caused Leila to feel a sense of gloom descend upon her during the wedding reception?
(a) The thought that she would never wear a gown like the bride's.
(b) The thought that her abuser was having a wonderful time.
(c) The thought that Suzan may not be her real mother.
(d) The thought that the party would go on for many more hours.

8. How did Leila react when Binnaz again mentioned their shared secret for the first time in over a year?
(a) She ran to tell Suzan.
(b) She drew a sharp breath.
(c) She ran out of the room.
(d) She hugged Binnaz.

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

10. Leila steps in and defends what kind of worker against Uncle's abuse?
(a) A cook.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A painter.

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

12. Haroun told many people he was going to have how many sons?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

13. How many siblings did Jameelah have at the time of her mother's death?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?
(a) Youth.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Strength.
(d) Docility.

15. Two minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she recalls which two very different flavors?
(a) Salt and caramel.
(b) Lemon and sugar.
(c) Licorice and lime.
(d) Molasses and lemon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe Leila's childhood home in the historic city of Van?

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

4. When Binnaz began to have one miscarriage after another, the family elders reminded Haroun that the Qur'an says a man can have how many wives?

5. The narrator states that Sinan was "endowed with" his parents' "best quality," (76) which was what?

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