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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people resisted fighting for the Ottoman Empire and were they removed from their homes, according to the narrator in Chapter 53?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Armenians.
(c) The Christians.
(d) The Muslims.

2. What is the name of Ibrahim's dog?
(a) Izmir.
(b) Hasseki.
(c) Kopek.
(d) Safiye.

3. After how many years is Rustem Bey told he must release the woman that he purchased if she chose freedom in Chapter 33?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

4. In what year does Chapter 3 begin?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1912.

5. What is referred to in Chapter 25 as the island that no one ventures to without falling in love?
(a) Cephalonia.
(b) Izmir.
(c) Cyprus.
(d) Rhodes.

6. From whom does the narrator say the Greeks supposedly took this land in Chapter 2?
(a) The Kanuns.
(b) The Lycians.
(c) The Phoenixians.
(d) The Cretians.

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

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

9. What kind of bird did Polyxeni ask the children to catch for her in Chapter 12?
(a) A dove.
(b) A finch.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A pigeon.

10. Where has Drosoula been exiled in Chapter 5?
(a) Cephalonia.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Rhodes.

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

12. Who is the narrator of Chapter 38?
(a) Philothei.
(b) Drosoula.
(c) Safiye.
(d) Constantinos.

13. 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."

14. Iskander is brought a letter from whom in Chapter 56?
(a) Charitos.
(b) Polyxeni.
(c) Karatavuk.
(d) Constantinos.

15. What is the title of Chapter 51?
(a) "Mustafa Kemal."
(b) "Of Reading and Writing."
(c) "The Sadness of Rustem Bey."
(d) "Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 44 refers to an Oriental tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws smoke through water?

2. Who is Ayse's oldest daughter?

3. From the beginning of the Ottoman's Great War, the narrator states in Chapter 42 that the country would be sloughing off its sons continuously until what year?

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

5. When does Chapter 49 begin with its return to Mustafa Kemal's story?

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