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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jahja want to do in Chapter 25 after meeting with Ali?
(a) Help Ali move.
(b) Find a new job.
(c) Call an exorcist.
(d) Write a novel.

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

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

5. What is written in the marriage contract about Nino's religion?
(a) Nothing is mentioned.
(b) She will give it up.
(c) She will blend it with Islam.
(d) She will keep it.

6. What does Nachararyan run through after Ali catches him kidnapping Nino?
(a) Through someone's house.
(b) Through a bazaar.
(c) Through a melon field.
(d) Through a busy road.

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

8. What does Ali do to the lizard he catches in Chapter 19?
(a) He gives it to Arslan.
(b) He throws it.
(c) He releases it.
(d) He eats it.

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

10. What does Iljas Beg arm Ali with after hearing that Nino has been kidnapped?
(a) A gun and a Koran.
(b) A sword and a Koran.
(c) A sword and a dagger.
(d) A dagger and a gun.

11. Why is Nachararyan able to land the first punch while fighting Ali over kidnapping Nino?
(a) He moves faster.
(b) He is a trained boxer.
(c) Ali wasn't watching.
(d) He has longer arms.

12. According to Ali's uncle in Chapter 24, what "lightens the world"?
(a) Persian art.
(b) Persian air.
(c) Persian women.
(d) Persian oil.

13. In Chapter 16, what decision do the oil princes make at the end of their meeting?
(a) To join the war.
(b) To raise their prices.
(c) To wait.
(d) To hide half their oil.

14. What rumor does Arslan spread about Ali and Nino?
(a) Ali wants to kill Nino.
(b) Nino lost her virginity to Ali.
(c) Ali will kidnap Nino.
(d) Nino's father wants to kill Ali.

15. Why is Ali unable to marry Nino after her attempted kidnapping?
(a) She is tainted.
(b) She is unwilling.
(c) He is under vendetta.
(d) He is running from the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nino says she wants her child to belong to _________.

2. What does Ali do while Nino is in labor?

3. Why is Ali angry when his father discusses legends with the boatman in Chapter 22?

4. Why can't Nino go out on the streets in Shimran?

5. Who is Ali named attaché to after Baku is liberated?

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