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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in Chapter 44 refers to an Oriental tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws smoke through water?
(a) Kaval.
(b) Narghile.
(c) Selamik.
(d) Kanun.

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

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

4. What did Nermin ask Polyxeni for in Chapter 54?
(a) Olives.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Rice.
(d) Grapes.

5. What was Iskander going to Istanbul to get in Chapter 25?
(a) A mistress.
(b) A gun.
(c) A horse.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in Chapter 45 refers to secret societies formed to bring about the reunification of Greece?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 28 that the year 1189 in the Muslim calendar equals what year in the Christian calendar?

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

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

5. Who was the beggar that Philothei describes giving alms to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 1 related? How is this established?

2. How is Philothei described when she is born?

3. How did Karatavuk and Mehmetçik come to be called such? What are their real names?

4. How was Ibrahim rescued in Chapter 47?

5. How is the narrative style of Chapter 2 established?

6. Who is the narrator of Chapter 45? Who is the chapter about?

7. What event is described by Philothei in Chapter 29?

8. How is Mustafa Kemal's education described?

9. How is Chapter 5 narrated? In what tense is it related?

10. What is related in the very brief Chapter 18? Who relates this narrative?

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