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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times had "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (19) been banned from the street of brothels before he attacked Leila?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. What was NOT an event that occurred during the Turkish police's raid on the campus of Istanbul University?
(a) 30 students were arrested.
(b) 1 student was murdered.
(c) 30 students were murdered.
(d) 50 students were severely beaten.

3. How many years after Leila's departure from Van did Sinan wait before following her to Istanbul?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

4. What is the last name of the morgue orderly named Kameel?
(a) Sumi.
(b) Effendi.
(c) Madelo.
(d) Feitz.

5. Which of Zaynab's qualities made her different from the rest of her family?
(a) Her ambition.
(b) Her love of travel.
(c) Her status as a little person.
(d) Her race.

6. What number marks Leila's grave at the Cemetery for the Companionless?
(a) 7302.
(b) 9845.
(c) 3489.
(d) 284.

7. How many scars did D/Ali show to Leila when he was refuting her argument about their pasts?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

8. What substance does the vendor notice covering the figurines on the dashboard of the silver Mercedes?
(a) Dried blood.
(b) Jam.
(c) Blue dye.
(d) Dust.

9. What type of food is featured as part of Leila's final memory?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Cinnamon cake.
(c) Strawberry cake.
(d) Rum cake.

10. What color was the car driven by the two men who picked up Leila shortly after she left the Intercontinental Hotel?
(a) Black.
(b) Silver.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

11. Which of Leila's five friends tells hospital staff that they had been closer to Leila than her family was?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Nalan.
(c) Humeyra.
(d) Jameelah.

12. What part of Leila's body was permanently scarred as a result of being attacked by "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119)?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her thigh.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her arm.

13. The medical examiner provides a window of how many hours in relation to the time of Leila's death?
(a) 24.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

14. To whom did D/Ali pay "a hefty sum" (154) in order to free Leila so that he could marry her?
(a) The magistrate.
(b) Haroun.
(c) Binnaz.
(d) Bitter Ma.

15. What object does Nalan throw from the balcony in response to a man's obscene comment?
(a) A pair of sunglasses.
(b) A radio.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A potted plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?

2. Who paid the majority of the veterinary bill for the animal Humeyra and Leila saved together on the night they met?

3. In what year did Leila spend her final night on earth?

4. Which character was killed at the protests portrayed in "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds"?

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

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