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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What criticism does Ali's father give Nino as a wife?
(a) She is a bad housekeeper.
(b) She is a bad cook.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is unfaithful.

2. How does the narrator describe the Abreks?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Fanatics.
(d) Outcasts.

3. In Chapter 24, what does Ali's uncle say about England?
(a) They appreciate Persia.
(b) They are fools.
(c) They will conquer Persia.
(d) They are too busy to worry about Persia.

4. What does Dim Mehmed Haidar want to build in place of derricks?
(a) A new city-center.
(b) A mosque.
(c) A garden.
(d) A church.

5. After staying in Persia with his uncle, why can't Ali return to war?
(a) He doesn't want to go back to war.
(b) The war is ending.
(c) The roads are blocked.
(d) Nino won't let him.

6. What does Arslan say will kill him?
(a) His angry relatives.
(b) His love of alcohol.
(c) His attempt to become king.
(d) His blood feud.

7. What does the Grand Duke want to restore to Hagia Sophia?
(a) The Koran.
(b) The rock.
(c) The true way.
(d) The cross.

8. Why does Ali doubt some of the things Arslan tells him?
(a) Arslan laughed too much.
(b) Arslan doesn't like Ali.
(c) Arslan had been drinking.
(d) Arslan is known to lie.

9. What does Arslan tell Ali about Nino's life in Tiflis?
(a) She has been shipped away.
(b) She has been praying nonstop.
(c) She has been locked up.
(d) She had been ill.

10. Who kills the Nachararyan family?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Ali.
(c) Ali's father.
(d) Ali's partner.

11. Why does Arslan say it is safe for Ali and Nino to return home?
(a) The people of Baku miss them.
(b) There has been a revolution.
(c) They have been gone long enough.
(d) Blood feuds are illegal.

12. Who orders Nino to be taken home after Nachararyan tried to kidnap her?
(a) Seyd Mustafa.
(b) Ali's father.
(c) Nino.
(d) Ali.

13. In Chapter 24, how does Ali's cousin feel about Persia's development?
(a) He thinks it is very modern.
(b) He thinks it is underdeveloped.
(c) He thinks it is wasted on public art.
(d) He thinks it is expensive.

14. What do the Abreks swear to do in Mosque?
(a) Kill.
(b) Feed the hungry.
(c) Pray.
(d) Learn.

15. Where does Nino say she plans to go when she is exiled for her mistake of leaving with Nachararyan?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor does Arslan spread about Ali and Nino?

2. What does Iljas Beg arm Ali with after hearing that Nino has been kidnapped?

3. How does Ali feel when his male guests touch Nino's hands in Chapter 28?

4. Where does Ali flee after a police officer releases a warrant for his arrest?

5. How does the former British Consul from Persia in Chapter 28 feel about Azerbaijan?

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