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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pet name did Ayse's husband call her?
(a) Honey.
(b) Goldfinch.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Rose.

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

3. How old is Philothei in her narrative in Chapter 21?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

4. What causes the death of Mustafa Kemal’s father?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Brain aneurysm.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. Who did Rustem Bey pay a visit to in Chapter 48?
(a) Leonidas Efendi.
(b) Ali the Broken-Nosed.
(c) Karatavuk.
(d) Abdulhamid Hodja.

6. Who was the beggar that Philothei describes giving alms to in Chapter 8?
(a) The Blasphemer.
(b) The Hatter.
(c) The Canker.
(d) The Snow-bearer.

7. Who is Philothei's mother?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Polyxeni.
(c) Nilufer.
(d) Tamara.

8. What does Philothei describe Ibrahim licking off her hand in Chapter 35?
(a) Oil.
(b) Water.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Jam.

9. What color stone does Philothei describe Ibrahim giving her in Chapter 4?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Black.

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

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

12. What German commander in Chapter 60 wants to replace Turkish generals with Germans?
(a) Otto Kreß von Kressenstein.
(b) Gustav von Kessel.
(c) Otto Liman von Sanders.
(d) Maximilian von Prittwitz.

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

14. Where is Georgio P. Theodorou from?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Cephalonia.

15. Who is Father Kristoforos's wife?
(a) Drosoula.
(b) Mihrimah.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Karatavuk.

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. In what year did the Ottoman state begin its Great War, according to the narrator in Chapter 42?

3. What are Karatavuk and Mehmetçik's real names?

4. What was Iskander going to Istanbul to get in Chapter 25?

5. Where did the bishop come from the pray with the imam in the narrative related in Chapter 7?

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