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

2. In the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?

3. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?

4. Who escorts the five friends off the hospital property once they are denied access to Leila's body?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.

2. How do Leila's five friends finally gain access to information about the whereabouts of Leila's body?

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

4. What is the significance of the chapter title "Normal Female Citizens"?

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

6. Which joyous occasion in Leila's life is portrayed within the memories that surface ten minutes and 20 seconds after her heart stops?

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

8. 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?

9. 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"?

10. What reaction does Nalan expect to get from her friends when she tells them about the as-yet-undescribed plan in the chapter called "Sabotage"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Shafak’s messages about guilt and responsibility within 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.

Essay Topic 2

Read a lengthy interview with Shafak. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Shafak’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Shafak’s novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. What message is Shafak sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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