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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. The figurines on the dashboard of the silver Mercedes are created to look like what entities?
(a) Demons.
(b) Devils.
(c) Goddesses.
(d) Angels.

2. The wall of Leila's apartment is covered in paintings done by which artist?
(a) Dali.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) D/Ali.
(d) Warhol.

3. With what weapon did "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119) attack Leila?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) Sulphuric acid.
(d) Deadly wasps.

4. 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 face.
(c) Her thigh.
(d) Her back.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country was Zaynab122 born, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Zaynab's Story"?

3. One of Leila's murderers turns out to be a man "who had been" what "his entire life" (207)?

4. In what neighborhood did Leila live at the time of her murder?

5. In what way were Leila's murderers related to one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. Which joyous occasion in Leila's life is portrayed within the memories that surface ten minutes and 20 seconds after her heart stops?

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

4. What new information about the recent murders of sex workers does the reader learn in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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