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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 the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?
(a) Smell.
(b) Sight.
(c) Touch.
(d) Taste.

2. At what type of establishment did Zaynab122 work when she and Leila met?
(a) A jazz club.
(b) A medical clinic.
(c) A chip shop.
(d) A brothel.

3. Who paid the majority of the veterinary bill for the animal Humeyra and Leila saved together on the night they met?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Leila.

4. It is stated in the chapter entitled "Sabotage" that the only two jobs for trans women in Istanbul were sex work and what other job?
(a) Fortuneteller.
(b) Sanitation worker.
(c) Hairdresser.
(d) Seamstress.

5. What part of Leila's body was permanently scarred as a result of being attacked by "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119)?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her thigh.
(d) Her face.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What number does Kameel provide to the five friends after they are escorted off hospital property?

3. Soldiers affiliated with which country came to Istanbul in 1968?

4. The chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" portrays how many men having been involved with Leila's murder?

5. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the instance of foreshadowing included at the start of Part One: "Eight Minutes" become clear by the end of the chapter?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the findings of the medical examiner who inspects Leila's body at the morgue.

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

8. What was the ultimate fate of Leila's husband D/Ali?

9. What reaction does Nalan expect to get from her friends when she tells them about the as-yet-undescribed plan in the chapter called "Sabotage"?

10. Is the young man featured in the chapter called "The View from Above" right or wrong to accuse his father of murder?

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