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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. Four minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she has a memory associated with what taste and smell?
2. In "Sinan's Story," the reader learns that Sinan lived in a house with his mother and how many other people?
3. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?
4. How old was Leila when Uncle began to sexually abuse her?
5. The narrator states in the prologue, "The End," that Leila would throw what object playfully at someone she heard referring to her in the past tense?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Bitter Ma exact revenge on the client who chastises her for the picture of Sultan Abdulaziz hanging in the brothel?
2. In what way did Leila make a sacrifice willingly in order to get under Uncle's skin at a family function?
3. How did Jameelah come to feel so alienated by her family that she began to spend more time on the streets?
4. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility arise within the chapter entitled "Sinan's Story"?
5. What circumstances left Leila alone in her house with Tarkan and at the mercy of Uncle's predatory sexual abuse?
6. What major conflict did Jameelah have with her family after the death of her mother?
7. What does the braided bracelet symbolize in the chapter entitled "Seven Minutes"?
8. What were the circumstances of the sexual abuse Leila endured throughout her childhood?
9. How did Leila meet Sinan?
10. Who was Tarkan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of D/Ali’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Shafak in depicting D/Ali and include in your discussion the reasons that Shafak portrays D/Ali in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Shafak's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
Essay Topic 3
Choose an object from 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, such as the white fedora, the roses, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
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