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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ka head to after leaving his meeting with Ipek when the Director of Education is killed?
(a) The National Theatre.
(b) Hotel Asia.
(c) The stationary store.
(d) The headquarters of the Prosperity Party.

2. What does Ka watch after making love to Ipek for the first time?
(a) The rain.
(b) Her sleeping.
(c) The snow.
(d) TV.

3. Which of the following things is not mentioned as being one of Ka's daily habits while living in Germany?
(a) Stopping at the grocery store.
(b) Stopping at the cafe.
(c) Robbing stores.
(d) Going to the library.

4. How many years had Ka been away from Turkey when he returns at the beginning of the book?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. What is the name of a liberal German paper that ran articles for Blue?
(a) The Turkish Examiner.
(b) The Frankfurter Rundschau.
(c) The London Times.
(d) The Border City Gazette.

6. Where does Ka pass by where he sees the head of the theatrical troupe sitting and drinking before their performance after leaving Kadife?
(a) A beer hall.
(b) A prison.
(c) A schoolhouse.
(d) A teahouse.

7. What is the name of the woman who performs "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" in the book?
(a) Kadife.
(b) Funda Eser.
(c) Ipek.
(d) Fahir.

8. What is the name of the boy that is Necip's best friend and who goes to Ka?
(a) Surab.
(b) Fazil.
(c) Fahir.
(d) Rustem.

9. What is the name of Ipek's family maid?
(a) Hande.
(b) Zahide.
(c) Funda.
(d) Teslime.

10. What poet does Ka tell Sunay that he and Muhtar both read when he says he must have grown up on Western films?
(a) Boudelaire.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) E.E. Cummings.

11. What does Ka realize has happened to Muhtar but not to him after they are taken in by police for questioning?
(a) He was beaten.
(b) He was fed.
(c) He was tortured.
(d) His clothes were taken.

12. What kind of store does Ka go to and photocopy Necip's letters to Kadife?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A stationary store.
(c) Hotel Asia.
(d) A teahouse.

13. Which of the following places does Ipek not tell Ka was raided after the revolution at the theater?
(a) Party headquarters.
(b) Religious high schools.
(c) Hostels.
(d) Hotels.

14. Where does Sunay tell Ka that he and Funda disappeared to before gradually making their way back as performers?
(a) Italy.
(b) The Black Sea.
(c) France.
(d) The Dead Sea.

15. What is the name of the Assistant Chief of Police in Ka's hometown?
(a) Ipek.
(b) Orhan Bey.
(c) Kasim Bey.
(d) Turgut Bey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Funda tell Sunay that Ka is emotional when he becomes angry at him after they argue about Westernization?

2. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after asking Ipek repeatedly to go to bed with him?

3. What village is the man from who travels to Kars specifically to target the director of the Institute of Education?

4. What is the name of the girl that Necip tells Ka he is in love with who was a model, but now wears headscarves?

5. What is the name of the finished book of poetry that Ka's friend is searching for in his green notebook?

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