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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Ali struggle in?
(a) Religion.
(b) History.
(c) Math.
(d) Art.

2. Where does Ali believe the Turks will enter Baku?
(a) Through the Armenian Quarter.
(b) Through the Jewish Quarter.
(c) Through the English Quarter.
(d) Through the Russian Quarter.

3. What do the Kipianis want Nino to do before marrying Ali?
(a) Reconsider his offer.
(b) Finish school.
(c) Find a job.
(d) Take a vacation.

4. At the end of Chapter 9, where does Ali ask Nino to go with him?
(a) To war.
(b) To a museum.
(c) To Baku.
(d) To the opera.

5. What stories does Ali hear about Karabagh while waiting for Nino?
(a) About his fighting skills.
(b) About his excellence.
(c) About his wives.
(d) About his frugality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ali say about the veil when discussing marriage with Nino's father?

2. What does Nino tell Dadiani about trees?

3. How does Ali describe his house in Chapter 1?

4. How does Iljas Beg feel about the war in Chapter 9?

5. What does Safar Khan tell Ali is wrong with Nino when Ali says he wants to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nino eager to leave Ali's uncle's palace and return to Baku?

2. What happens after Azerbaijan's sovereignty is recognized?

3. How does Ali react to the birth of his daughter?

4. How do the Kipianis react to Ali's proposal of marriage to Nino?

5. What does a professor challenge his students with in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 15, where do Ali and Nino decide to live?

7. How does Ali compare his courtship to Nino to the Asian way of courting?

8. Why does Ali say Baku is like a kernel in a nut?

9. How does Dim Mehmed Haidar feel about the war?

10. What does the Caliph's plenipotentiary do in Chapter 27 to impact the war?

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