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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After marrying Ali, how does Nino feel about Baku?
(a) She does not want to move back.
(b) She wants to move back.
(c) She wants to burn the village.
(d) She wants to visit.

2. How many witnesses sign Ali and Nino's marriage contract?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

3. Where does Ali end up stabbing Nachararyan?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the leg.
(d) In the heart.

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Ali named attaché to after Baku is liberated?
(a) The Foreign Minister.
(b) The cabinet.
(c) The army general.
(d) The Prime Minister.

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

10. 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 roads are blocked.
(c) Nino won't let him.
(d) The war is ending.

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

12. What does Iljas Beg say Ali represents in his death?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Hope.
(c) The world.
(d) The Republic.

13. In Chapter 28, what does Ali worry his diplomatic reception guests will expect from him as a host?
(a) A veiled wife.
(b) Fire breathers.
(c) Eastern myths.
(d) Belly dancers.

14. How does Ali feel about Nino's plans for their house in Baku?
(a) He says Ali should disagree with her plans.
(b) He says Ali should go along with her plans.
(c) He says it's not worth planning anyway.
(d) He says Nino should ask permission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nino want to move instead of Baku after marrying Ali?

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

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

4. Why does Ali doubt some of the things Arslan tells him?

5. How does Ali respond to being transferred to Paris?

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