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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 silver Mercedes carrying Leila's murderers pulls up to what kind of establishment in the chapter called "The Silver Mercedes"?
(a) An ice cream vendor.
(b) A magazine vendor.
(c) A sausage vendor.
(d) A sandwich vendor.

2. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?
(a) Taste.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sight.
(d) Smell.

3. The chapter entitled "Sabotage" focuses on which character, now in his early forties?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Sinan.
(c) Tarkan.
(d) Haroun.

4. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A pharmacy.
(d) A bookstore.

5. Bitter Ma launched a deep cleaning of the brothel in anticipation of how many soldiers arriving in Istanbul?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Scores.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character did Leila see when she looked into the mirror on her wedding day?

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

3. How did the soldiers escape from the attack launched by protesters in Istanbul?

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

5. In what month did Leila live her last night on earth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. How do Leila's five friends finally gain access to information about the whereabouts of Leila's body?

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

6. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.

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

8. Who becomes frustrated with Zaynab122 in the chapter entitled "Normal Female Citizens" and why?

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

10. 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?

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