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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Iskander says in Chapter 1 that he is a potter but is also renowned as a maker of what?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Plays.
(c) Music.
(d) Paintings.

2. In what year is the narrative set in Chapter 26?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1900.

3. Who did Leyla tell Rustem Bey she saw at times in the hamam in Chapter 44?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

4. Where did the imam leave a saintly stigma on Philothei when he kissed her after she was born?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her forehead.
(c) Her cheek.
(d) Her foot.

5. Where did the imam come from to pray with the bishop in the narrator's story in Chapter 7?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Fethiye.
(c) Cephalonia.
(d) Izmir.

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

7. Who is the narrator's son that was friends with Ibrahim when he was young, according to his narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) Mihrimah.
(b) Rustem Bey.
(c) Karatavuk.
(d) Nilufer.

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

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

10. Who is the man whose daughter has become impregnated in Chapter 27?
(a) Yusuf the Tall.
(b) Mohammad the Leech Gatherer.
(c) Nilufer.
(d) Charitos.

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

12. What is the name of Leyla's cat?
(a) Pamuk.
(b) Charitos.
(c) Hasseki.
(d) Nilufer.

13. What kind of dead bird did Ibrahim find in Chapter 11?
(a) A blue jay.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A goldfinch.
(d) A cardinal.

14. What is the town of Mustafa Kemal's birth?
(a) Cephalonia.
(b) Cyprus.
(c) Salonika.
(d) Ankara.

15. What was Ibrahim's father called, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Mustafa Kemal.
(b) Rustem Bey.
(c) Nilufer.
(d) Ali the Broken-Nosed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of battleship moved the Sultan and his wives to the Asiatic side of the Bosporus in Chapter 46?

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

3. In what region does the narrative take place?

4. What was Rustem Bey going to Istanbul to seek in Chapter 25?

5. What did the barber tell Rustem Bay to say on the Persian new year to avoid insect bites for a year?

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