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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 medical examiner is fascinated with research suggesting that how many genes remain alive in the body for some time after physical death?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 500.
(d) 1 million.

2. In what country was Zaynab122 born, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Zaynab's Story"?
(a) Iran.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Lebanon.

3. Which character did Leila see when she looked into the mirror on her wedding day?
(a) Binnaz.
(b) Her elderly self.
(c) D/Ali.
(d) Her younger self.

4. Which of Leila's five friends believes that there two kinds of families?
(a) Sinan.
(b) Zaynab122.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Humeyra.

5. Which of the five friends has the most fiery temper?
(a) Zaynab122.
(b) Sinan.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Humeyra.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morgue is located in what area of the hospital?

2. To what aspect of Zaynab's persona was her permanent and self-assigned nickname Zaynab122 connected?

3. The chapter entitled "Sabotage" focuses on which character, now in his early forties?

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

5. Nalan recalls in the chapter called "The Plan" that Leila had carried what item of D/Ali's everywhere she went after his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origin of Zaynab 122's name, as is revealed in the chapter entitled "Zaynab's Story"?

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

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

4. What sight causes Humeyra to smile "for the first time in hours" (194) in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?

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

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

7. How does Sinan's grief surrounding Leila's death differ from the grief of Leila's other four friends, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Grief"?

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

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

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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