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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose birth is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Mustafa Kemal's.
(b) Nasreddin Hodja's.
(c) Mihrimah Efendim's.
(d) Leonidas Efendi's.

2. In what region does the narrative take place?
(a) Aegea.
(b) Marmara.
(c) The Black Sea.
(d) Anatolia.

3. What color is Leyla's cat described as?
(a) White.
(b) Orange.
(c) Gray.
(d) Calico.

4. To what does Dosoula compare her spirit in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) A teardrop.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A rosebush.
(d) A chrysalis.

5. Who did Ayse pay to pray for Tamara in Chapter 23?
(a) Charitos.
(b) Polyxeni.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Philothei.

6. What are Karatavuk and Mehmetçik's real names?
(a) Ali and Katya.
(b) Leonidas and Kristoforos.
(c) Mustafa and Ali.
(d) Abdul and Nicos.

7. Who did Philothei have say he had found Ibrahim in the rocks in Chapter 47?
(a) Constantinos.
(b) Safiye.
(c) Polyxeni.
(d) Mehmetçik.

8. Who did Georgio P. Theodorou go to Eskibahçe to see about making pottery in Chapter 45?
(a) Hasseki.
(b) Constantinos.
(c) Iskander.
(d) Mustafa Kemal.

9. Who did Mustafa Kemal discover was planning to assassinate him in Chapter 30?
(a) Enver Pasha.
(b) Abdulhamid Hodja.
(c) Leonidas Efendi.
(d) Mihrimah Efendim.

10. What is the title of Chapter 48?
(a) "Of Reading and Writing."
(b) "Of Righteousness and Wrongdoing."
(c) "Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch."
(d) "Mustafa Kemal."

11. What word from Chapter 44 refers to the portion of an Ottoman palace reserved for men?
(a) Kaval.
(b) Kanun.
(c) Selamik.
(d) Kurban.

12. Who is Karatavuk’s mother?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Drosoula.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Nermin.

13. What did Mehmetçik give Karatavuk as a parting gift in Chapter 50?
(a) A ring.
(b) A bag of soil.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A four-leaf clover.

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

15. How many beads are described on Rustem Bey's tespih in Chapter 32?
(a) 29.
(b) 33.
(c) 36.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Philothei's father ask him to tie on the red pine in Chapter 2?

2. What does Philothei describe putting in her brother's rice for revenge in Chapter 29?

3. How has Tamara been injured in Chapter 22?

4. Who was the woman running the home of mistresses in Chapter 33?

5. What day of the week was it when Rustem Bey awoke in the opening of Chapter 32?

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