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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. One of Leila's murderers turns out to be a man "who had been" what "his entire life" (207)?
(a) Bullied.
(b) Psychotic.
(c) Celibate.
(d) Depressed.

2. To what aspect of Zaynab's persona was her permanent and self-assigned nickname Zaynab122 connected?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her past surgeries.
(d) Her family.

3. How many years after Leila's departure from Van did Sinan wait before following her to Istanbul?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

4. What was NOT an event that occurred during the Turkish police's raid on the campus of Istanbul University?
(a) 50 students were severely beaten.
(b) 30 students were arrested.
(c) 30 students were murdered.
(d) 1 student was murdered.

5. After the five friends' encounter with Kameel, which of them excuses themselves, wanting to be alone for a while?
(a) Humeyra.
(b) Nalan.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Zaynab122.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The medical examiner provides a window of how many hours in relation to the time of Leila's death?

3. What is the last name of the morgue orderly named Kameel?

4. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes," a celebration of what kind of landmark's recent completion was taking place in Istanbul?

5. Who escorts the five friends off the hospital property once they are denied access to Leila's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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"?

6. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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