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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 many scars did D/Ali show to Leila when he was refuting her argument about their pasts?
2. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?
3. To whom did D/Ali pay "a hefty sum" (154) in order to free Leila so that he could marry her?
4. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes," Leila met Humeyra when they were both trying to save what type of animal?
5. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
2. 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"?
3. From which character's perspective is the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City" written?
4. For what reason did Leila go to the Intercontinental Hotel on her last night alive?
5. Describe the findings of the medical examiner who inspects Leila's body at the morgue.
6. How did Leila meet Humeyra, as depicted within the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
7. What sight causes Humeyra to smile "for the first time in hours" (194) in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?
8. 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"?
9. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Shafak send within the pages of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World concerning the link between memory and the five senses?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the theme of hope within 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. What is Shafak’s message regarding hope and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Shafak’s novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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