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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ali do while Nino is in labor?
(a) He eats.
(b) He drinks alcohol.
(c) He prays.
(d) He takes a vacation.

2. What season is it when Baku is considered to be liberated?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

3. How does the former British Consul from Persia in Chapter 28 feel about Azerbaijan?
(a) The country will become the next great empire.
(b) The country is on the road for economic failure.
(c) The country is ready for independence.
(d) The country will probably be taken over.

4. Why can't Nino go out on the streets in Shimran?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has too much work to do.
(c) She doesn't wear a veil.
(d) She looks like a thief

5. In Chapter 25, why does Ali mark a map with flags?
(a) To show where he has traveled.
(b) To represent his friendships.
(c) To show where he wants to travel.
(d) To represent the developments of the war.

6. What does Arslan say Nino did to her dog?
(a) Starved it.
(b) Left it in the woods.
(c) Gave it away.
(d) Beat it.

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

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

9. Why does Ali decide to beat and cut himself in a crowd of people?
(a) To honor his dead friends.
(b) To celebrate his freedom.
(c) To respect his ancestors.
(d) To show his faith.

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Abreks swear to do in Mosque?

3. What do Ali and Nino have to pass through to get to Shimran?

4. Where does Nino say she plans to go when she is exiled for her mistake of leaving with Nachararyan?

5. Why is Ali unable to marry Nino after her attempted kidnapping?

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