10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elif Shafak
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elif Shafak
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 184 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was Leila's favorite activity during her childhood?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Reading.

2. The volatile relationship between Jameelah and which of her family members caused her to begin to spend more time on the streets?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her stepfather.

3. In "Seven Minutes," it is revealed that Leila began to call Sinan by what nickname when they still lived in Van?
(a) Sabotage.
(b) Butch.
(c) Kommissar.
(d) Crash.

4. Who does NOT know Leila as Tequlia Leila?
(a) Her clients.
(b) Her one true love.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her friends.

5. How many of his own siblings did Haroun raise after their parents died in a car accident?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?

2. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?

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

4. Uncle groomed and sexually abused Leila for the first time when the whole family went for a holiday next to what sea?

5. In "Sinan's Story," the reader learns that Sinan lived in a house with his mother and how many other people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major conflict did Jameelah have with her family after the death of her mother?

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

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

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

5. How did Jameelah come to feel so alienated by her family that she began to spend more time on the streets?

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

7. How did Leila first meet Nalan?

8. In what way does Bitter Ma exact revenge on the client who chastises her for the picture of Sultan Abdulaziz hanging in the brothel?

9. How did Leila meet Sinan?

10. What does the narrator reveal about the reason for Leila's reluctance to talk about her past in the chapter entitled "Three Minutes"?

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