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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea is it to travel to Gandsha during the first summer of Azerbaijan's independence?
(a) Safar Khan's.
(b) Iljas Beg's.
(c) Ali's.
(d) Nino's.

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

3. Why do some Persians believe Persia doesn't need an army?
(a) They have divine protection.
(b) They need to spend there money in other ways.
(c) They have other countries protect them.
(d) They never fight.

4. What does the prince in Chapter 24 think about Persian cucumbers?
(a) They are the largest.
(b) They are the best.
(c) They are the worst.
(d) They are fake.

5. How does Arslan Aga feel about his article being censored?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He is proud.
(d) He is indifferent.

6. Where does Ali promise to take Nino on a belated honeymoon?
(a) To the west.
(b) To India.
(c) To England.
(d) To the far east.

7. How does Ali finally show Nino the streets of Shimran?
(a) In a closed coach.
(b) On horseback.
(c) He takes her for a walk.
(d) From an upstairs window.

8. What does Ali call his daughter?
(a) An omen.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A beauty.
(d) A toy.

9. Who delivers news of Russians in the newly independent Baku?
(a) Iljas Beg.
(b) Nino.
(c) Ali.
(d) Safar Khan.

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

11. What advice does Nino give Mirza about the new Baku?
(a) She tells Mirza how to act with westerners.
(b) She teaches Mirza how to shake hands.
(c) She explains how Baku is too hostile for Mirza.
(d) She instructs Mirza to not go out in public.

12. After British troops leave Azerbaijan, who does Ali worry about coming in the country?
(a) India.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

13. Why does Arslan Aga leave Ali with a stack of paper and a pen?
(a) To record the events of the war.
(b) To write love poems.
(c) To write him letters.
(d) To write his hero's story.

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

15. What does Prince Kipiani want to happen to Nino after her attempted kidnapping?
(a) He wants her to never speak to him again.
(b) He wants her to flee to Europe.
(c) He wants her to marry Ali.
(d) He wants her to come home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ali get his horse to run faster when he is chasing after the kidnapped Nino?

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

3. Why are bodies buried in Kerbela?

4. In Chapter 28, what does Ali worry his diplomatic reception guests will expect from him as a host?

5. In Chapter 24, how does Ali's cousin feel about Persia's development?

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