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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Asia.
(d) France.

2. How are Philothei's eyes described in Chapter 5?
(a) Light green.
(b) Dark blue.
(c) Light blue.
(d) Dark brown.

3. What day of the week was it when Rustem Bey awoke in the opening of Chapter 32?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

4. Where was the Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?
(a) Smyrna.
(b) Cephalonia.
(c) Sarajevo.
(d) Salonika.

5. In what year was Philothei born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1912.

6. What did Philothei's father say her name meant in Greek?
(a) White horse.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Beloved by God.
(d) Perfection.

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

8. Who was the woman running the home of mistresses in Chapter 33?
(a) Karatavuk.
(b) Polyxeni.
(c) Kardelen.
(d) Hasseki.

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

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

11. What term in Chapter 45 refers to secret societies formed to bring about the reunification of Greece?
(a) The Teşekkür Ederim.
(b) The Philiki Etairia.
(c) The Buyurun.
(d) The Afiyet Olsun.

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

13. What did Philothei's father ask him to tie on the red pine in Chapter 2?
(a) A yellow rag.
(b) A blue rag.
(c) A white rag.
(d) A red rag.

14. What was Rustem Bey going to Istanbul to seek in Chapter 25?
(a) A gun.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A mistress.
(d) A horse.

15. What does Philothei describe putting in her brother's rice for revenge in Chapter 29?
(a) A dead beetle.
(b) A worm.
(c) Salt.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the town of Mustafa Kemal's birth?

2. What color beads did Philothei's father say the women were hanging about the home after she was born in Chapter 2?

3. Who did Rustem Bey pay a visit to in Chapter 48?

4. Why did Constantinos say he was always drunk in Chapter 36?

5. To whom does Mustafa Kemal write in Chapter 49?

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