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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lynette tell Monika she would do if she had more money?
(a) Open her own brow bar.
(b) Buy her brother a nice gravestone.
(c) Give more to charity.
(d) Leave the country.

2. Who did Monika have an affair with?
(a) A teacher named Rob.
(b) A doctor named James.
(c) A poet named Osman.
(d) A gallery owner named Richard.

3. What season was the hardest for Kiki on the farm?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

4. What kind of artifact do the Germans think is especially valuable that they buy in Turkey?
(a) A vase.
(b) A pair of gold earrings.
(c) A clay tablet with Hittite writing.
(d) A bag of gold coins.

5. How does Bruno suggest he can help Julian?
(a) By helping him start a business.
(b) By getting him a teaching job.
(c) By putting him in touch with gallery owners in Berlin who will show his work.
(d) By lending him money.

6. What does Bruno ask Monika to do for her mother?
(a) Hire a nurse.
(b) Divorce Julian.
(c) Give her some money.
(d) Move to Berlin.

7. What did Kiki sell her last rug from Osman for?
(a) Food.
(b) To pay her debts.
(c) To buy more drugs.
(d) Her plane ticket home.

8. What job did Kiki have in Istabul after breaking up with Osman?
(a) Salesperson.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Artist.
(d) Night manager at a hotel.

9. How do Monika and Lynette know each other?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) Lynette shapes Monika's eyebrows.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are sisters.

10. Why is Julian in a bad mood?
(a) His mother died recently.
(b) He is ill.
(c) His brother is always asking to borrow money.
(d) His gallery dropped him.

11. What nickname does Steffi sometimes use for Monika?
(a) Mausi.
(b) Darling.
(c) Leibensborne.
(d) Liebskin.

12. What is one thing Teddy apologizes to Sally for?
(a) Cheating on her.
(b) Leaving her.
(c) Beating her.
(d) Running over her black dress with his truck.

13. What kind of music did the Germans sing at dinner on the farm?
(a) Elton John songs.
(b) Beatles songs.
(c) Rolling Stone songs.
(d) Grateful Dead songs.

14. What animal did Kiki tell stories about riding on the farm to Reyna?
(a) A moose.
(b) A horse.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A bear.

15. What item does Dieter see in a museum that he knows he smuggled from Turkey decades earlier?
(a) The clay Hittite tablet.
(b) The gold Byzantine coins.
(c) The amphora.
(d) The glazed tiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kiki in a romantic relationship with when she finally does leave Turkey to come back to the U.S. for good?

2. How had Kiki reacted when Osman cut his hand and bled on a tablecloth on the farm?

3. What did Kiki sell in Istanbul in order to survive?

4. What does Steffi end up spending her share of their smuggling money mostly on?

5. What did Osman give Kiki when she left the farm?

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