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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Nino feel about Ali beating and cutting himself in the streets?
(a) She says she is proud of him.
(b) She says she hates him.
(c) She says he is stupid.
(d) She says she doesn't understand.

3. What does Ali's father tell him about Asia's borders in Chapter 22?
(a) They have won.
(b) They have been blurred.
(c) They have been strengthened.
(d) They have shifted.

4. What helps Ali earn his new position as an attache after Baku is liberated?
(a) His ability to speak several languages.
(b) His father's status.
(c) His marriage.
(d) His religious writings.

5. Why are bodies buried in Kerbela?
(a) It is a holy town.
(b) It is nearest to the battle grounds.
(c) It is a peaceful place.
(d) It has enough room.

6. What is the first thing Ali does to Nachararyan after he kidnaps Nino?
(a) Stabs him in the arm.
(b) Disarms him of his gun.
(c) Knocks him off his horse.
(d) Slaps him.

7. What does Nachararyan say he is saving Nino from when he kidnaps her?
(a) A loss of faith.
(b) A Muslim.
(c) War.
(d) A life of poverty.

8. What does the governor of Resht call Nino?
(a) A naked woman.
(b) A foolish woman.
(c) A cowardly woman.
(d) An unholy woman.

9. Nino says she wants her child to belong to _________.
(a) The dessert.
(b) Ali and Nino.
(c) The arts.
(d) The west.

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

11. Why is Ali angry when his father discusses legends with the boatman in Chapter 22?
(a) The war is more important.
(b) Asia has fallen.
(c) He is rambling.
(d) Legends are dead.

12. How many servants does Ali say his uncle has in his Shimran harem?
(a) 38.
(b) 28.
(c) 48.
(d) 18.

13. What does Nino finally tell Ali about her kidnapping?
(a) She went willingly.
(b) She is ruined.
(c) She is sorry.
(d) She wants Ali to kidnap her instead.

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

15. Why does Ali try to cover up the drums of Hussein?
(a) Because they are loud.
(b) Because it goes against his religion.
(c) Because it upsets Nino.
(d) Because they never stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arslan Aga leave Ali with a stack of paper and a pen?

2. What does Feth Ali Khan declare about Azerbaijan?

3. After staying in Persia with his uncle, why can't Ali return to war?

4. In Chapter 25, why does Ali mark a map with flags?

5. Where does Ali end up stabbing Nachararyan?

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