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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Out of what type of wood did Haroun carve a cradle for the child whose arrival is portrayed in "Five Minutes"?
(a) Teak.
(b) Elm.
(c) Madrona.
(d) Cherry.

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

4. In "Six Minutes," Leila recalls attending the wedding of which character and his bride?
(a) Uncle's oldest son.
(b) Uncle's youngest son.
(c) Suzan's brother.
(d) Haroun's cousin.

5. What kind of animal is Leila's pet Charlie Chaplin?
(a) A fish.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of jewelry does one of the adolescent boys steal from Leila's body?

2. How many friends does Leila name when she knows her friends will come quickly when they hear of her death?

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

4. How many miles away from Istanbul is the historic city of Van, where Leila's parents live?

5. What malady afflicted Leila when the family returned from the vacation by the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which event described in "One Minute" was later considered by Binnaz, Leila's biological mother, to be the moment that "had debilitated her forever" (33)?

2. What connection does the narrator draw between Tarkan's diagnosis and Leila's alienation from her father?

3. Discuss a particular detail in the prologue entitled "The End" that communicates an element of Leila's personality.

4. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility arise within the chapter entitled "Sinan's Story"?

5. What was the setting of Leila's birth?

6. How did Haroun's increasing religious fervor cause changes in Leila's life during her adolescence?

7. In what way did Leila make a sacrifice willingly in order to get under Uncle's skin at a family function?

8. How did Leila feel about the metropolis of Istanbul during her childhood?

9. Name and discuss one theme presented within the epigraph of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds

10. What circumstances left Leila alone in her house with Tarkan and at the mercy of Uncle's predatory sexual abuse?

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