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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. In what neighborhood did Leila live at the time of her murder?
(a) Lera.
(b) Kilyo.
(c) Pera.
(d) Mara.

2. What substance does the vendor notice covering the figurines on the dashboard of the silver Mercedes?
(a) Dust.
(b) Dried blood.
(c) Jam.
(d) Blue dye.

3. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

4. Which of Leila's five friends believes that there two kinds of families?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Zaynab122.
(d) Nalan.

5. What color was the car driven by the two men who picked up Leila shortly after she left the Intercontinental Hotel?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?

2. Which of Zaynab's qualities made her different from the rest of her family?

3. What type of food is featured as part of Leila's final memory?

4. In the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?

5. It is revealed that of the four sex workers murdered in the last month, which woman had fought her attacker the hardest?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," who is the young man accusing his father of being involved with the murders of sex workers?

2. What sight causes Humeyra to smile "for the first time in hours" (194) in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?

3. What object did D/Ali entrust to Leila in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" and why?

4. From which character's perspective is the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City" written?

5. How did Leila meet D/Ali and what part of the prologue is the reader meant to recall during the description of their meeting in "Nine Minutes"?

6. What tragic occasion is portrayed within Leila's consciousness in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes 20 Seconds"?

7. For what reason did Leila go to the Intercontinental Hotel on her last night alive?

8. In what way does Elif Shafak use a sensory detail as an instance of foreshadowing in the chapter entitled "Eight Minutes"?

9. What trophy do the two murderers keep on the dashboard of their silver Mercedes?

10. How did Leila meet Humeyra, as depicted within the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?

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