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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. Soldiers affiliated with which country came to Istanbul in 1968?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Germany.
(c) Iran.
(d) The United States.

2. In what way were Leila's murderers related to one another?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were brothers.
(c) They were third cousins.
(d) They were stepbrothers.

3. In what month of 1968 did a group of soldiers from a particular country arrive in Istanbul?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) March.

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 thigh.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her back.

5. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?
(a) Goat stew.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Single malt whiskey.
(d) Cardamom.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what sensory detail does Elif Shafak begin the chapter "Eight Minutes" within Part One?

2. The silver Mercedes carrying Leila's murderers pulls up to what kind of establishment in the chapter called "The Silver Mercedes"?

3. In the chapter entitled "Nine Minutes," Leila remembers D/Ali and has a memory of all but which of the following flavors?

4. Which character was killed at the protests portrayed in "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds"?

5. Which of Leila's five friends is the only person in the group devoted to religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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"?

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

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

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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