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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Leila when Uncle began to sexually abuse her?
2. In what African country was Jameelah born to parents of two different religions?
3. How did Leila react when Binnaz again mentioned their shared secret for the first time in over a year?
4. The narrator states emphatically in "The End" that what object does NOT mimic the qualities of time?
5. The narrator states that Leila's only brother would have been diagnosed years later as having which condition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the red belt symbolize within the chapter entitled "Six Minutes"?
2. What were the circumstances of the sexual abuse Leila endured throughout her childhood?
3. Who was Tarkan?
4. What does the narrator reveal about the reason for Leila's reluctance to talk about her past in the chapter entitled "Three Minutes"?
5. How did Leila meet Sinan?
6. What was the setting of Leila's birth?
7. How did Jameelah come to feel so alienated by her family that she began to spend more time on the streets?
8. What circumstances left Leila alone in her house with Tarkan and at the mercy of Uncle's predatory sexual abuse?
9. How did Leila first meet Nalan?
10. Which event described in "One Minute" was later considered by Binnaz, Leila's biological mother, to be the moment that "had debilitated her forever" (33)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Shafak in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Shafak’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of sexual abuse treated within 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Shafak’s messages about guilt and responsibility within 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
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