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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morgue is located in what area of the hospital?
(a) The front.
(b) The east wing.
(c) The rear.
(d) The west wing.

2. In the chapter entitled "The Apartment," who opens Leila's apartment door and discovers Charlie Chaplin arriving home?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Zaynab122.
(d) Nalan.

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

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

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

6. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," the reader discovers that the recent murders of sex workers were all connected to the man Leila had met at what location the night of her death?
(a) The Bosphorous Bridge.
(b) Nalan's apartment.
(c) The Intercontinental Hotel.
(d) Leila's apartment.

7. In what make of car were the two men riding when they stopped to talk to Leila on the evening of her death?
(a) BMW.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Volvo.
(d) Mercedes.

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

9. Nalan recalls in the chapter called "The Plan" that Leila had carried what item of D/Ali's everywhere she went after his death?
(a) A comb.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A Zippo lighter.
(d) A bracelet.

10. The wall of Leila's apartment is covered in paintings done by which artist?
(a) Warhol.
(b) D/Ali.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Dali.

11. After the five friends' encounter with Kameel, which of them excuses themselves, wanting to be alone for a while?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Zaynab122.
(c) Humeyra.
(d) Nalan.

12. In the chapter entitled "The Five," all five of Leila's friends arrive separately to the hospital courtyard just past what time?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Suppertime.
(c) The end of Ramadan.
(d) Noon.

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

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

15. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?
(a) Taste.
(b) Sight.
(c) Touch.
(d) Smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bitter Ma launched a deep cleaning of the brothel in anticipation of how many soldiers arriving in Istanbul?

2. What color was the car driven by the two men who picked up Leila shortly after she left the Intercontinental Hotel?

3. With what sensory detail does Elif Shafak begin the chapter "Eight Minutes" within Part One?

4. What number does Kameel provide to the five friends after they are escorted off hospital property?

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

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