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

2. How many hula hoops did Sinan's mother order for him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. In what type of receptacle does Leila find herself as she realizes that she is dead?
(a) A dumpster.
(b) A pool.
(c) A box.
(d) A coffin.

4. When Leila sneaked a hula hoop into her home, she practiced in the bathroom while imitating which singer?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Rudy Vallee.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Donnie Osmond.

5. Uncle groomed and sexually abused Leila for the first time when the whole family went for a holiday next to what sea?
(a) The Mediterranean Sea.
(b) The Adriatic Sea.
(c) The Aegean Sea.
(d) The Baltic Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "Three Minutes," what flavor does Leila remember three minutes after her heart has stopped that takes her back to September of 1967?

2. How many adolescent boys are in the group who first finds Leila's body?

3. What kind of animal is Leila's pet Charlie Chaplin?

4. What was the name of the Lady Pharmacist's son who befriended Leila after she returned from a family vacation by the sea?

5. The first memory that comes to Leila's mind in the first minute after her death has to do with what substance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of the sexual abuse Leila endured throughout her childhood?

2. What is the symbolism of the toenail polish in the chapter entitled "Nalan's Story"?

3. How did Leila first meet Nalan?

4. 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)?

5. Who was Tarkan?

6. How is the structure of the novel explained within the chapter in Part One entitled "One Minute"?

7. What does the braided bracelet symbolize in the chapter entitled "Seven Minutes"?

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

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

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

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