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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) Reading.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Writing.

2. What name did Leila use when referring to Binnaz?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Mummy.
(c) Mama.
(d) Sister.

3. What malady afflicted Leila when the family returned from the vacation by the sea?
(a) Measles.
(b) Ennui.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Fever.

4. How many miscarriages had Binnaz experienced prior to Leila's arrival?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. In what type of periodical did Leila and Sinan first see a hula hoop?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A book.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A pamphlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of his own siblings did Haroun raise after their parents died in a car accident?

2. The second time Leila meets Nalan, what change has occurred since their last meeting?

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

4. Leilia has a "sinking feeling" (11) when she realizes that which event has just occurred?

5. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

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

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

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 Haroun's increasing religious fervor cause changes in Leila's life during her adolescence?

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

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

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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