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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Philothei in Chapter 4?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

2. Where did the bishop come from the pray with the imam in the narrative related in Chapter 7?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Cephalonia.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Rhodes.

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Of Reading and Writing."
(b) "Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch."
(c) "The Prologue of Iskander the Potter."
(d) "The Dog."

4. What does "Kemal" mean?
(a) Friend of God.
(b) Perfection.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Powerful.

5. The town described by the narrator in Chapter 7 is said to have been destroyed by two earthquakes. In what years did the earthquakes demolish the town?
(a) 1946 and 1947.
(b) 1966 and 1967.
(c) 1956 and 1957.
(d) 1919 and 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of school did Mustafa Kemal convince his mother to enroll him in after his father's death?

2. What was the name of the imam's horse that is described in Chapter 2?

3. What is the secret society run by Haji called in Chapter 20?

4. What kind of dead bird did Ibrahim find in Chapter 11?

5. From where does the narrator say lewd thoughts and insomnia were blowing into the village from the southern wind when Philothei was born in Chapter 2?

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