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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color sequined dress did Bitter Ma tell Leila to wear to the Intercontinental Hotel on the night of her death?
(a) Silver.
(b) Purple.
(c) Gold.
(d) Red.

2. In what country was Zaynab122 born, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Zaynab's Story"?
(a) Iran.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Lebanon.

3. In the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?
(a) Smell.
(b) Sight.
(c) Taste.
(d) Touch.

4. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. In what month of 1968 did a group of soldiers from a particular country arrive in Istanbul?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) September.

6. 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.

7. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?
(a) Goat stew.
(b) Cardamom.
(c) Single malt whiskey.
(d) Lemon.

8. 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.

9. 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) 50 students were severely beaten.
(c) 1 student was murdered.
(d) 30 students were murdered.

10. The chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" portrays how many men having been involved with Leila's murder?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. The chapter "Eight Minutes" recounts a memory associated with March of what year?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1966.

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

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

14. The medical examiner is fascinated with research suggesting that how many genes remain alive in the body for some time after physical death?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

15. Who paid the majority of the veterinary bill for the animal Humeyra and Leila saved together on the night they met?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Leila.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what weapon did "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119) attack Leila?

2. The sisters of D/Ali incessantly called him after his wedding to tell him that their mother was taking what action?

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

4. In what way were Leila's murderers related to one another?

5. What number marks Leila's grave at the Cemetery for the Companionless?

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