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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the two men in the old Turkish story that Blue tells Ka about during their first meeting?
(a) Ipek and Ka.
(b) Kasim and Orhan.
(c) Rustem and Suhrab.
(d) Funda and Sunay.

2. What does Ka tell the sheik that snow reminds him of when they first talk at the café?
(a) Ipek.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) God.

3. What is the name of the beautiful divorcee that Ka runs into after leaving his hotel to meet with the Border City Gazette?
(a) Funda.
(b) Iris.
(c) Ipek.
(d) Kadife.

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

5. What does Kadife do before checking Ka for a microphone during their secret meeting at a hotel?
(a) Pulls a gun on him.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Cries with him.

6. Who does Blue believe has sent Ka to be used for a purpose to him?
(a) Fazil.
(b) Kadife.
(c) Necip.
(d) God.

7. What kind of story does Necip tell Ka he wrote and that he summarizes for him?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Romance.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Fiction.

8. What is the name of the soap opera that Turgut and Ipek watch together?
(a) Marianna.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jane.
(d) Carolina.

9. Where has Ka just returned from reading poetry when he is killed?
(a) Kars.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Istanbul.

10. How does Ka die?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He is stabbed,
(c) He is bombed.
(d) He is shot.

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

12. What is Ka consumed by after being taken into the police station for the first time in the book?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

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

14. What does the sheik tell Ka is the first thing he needs to learn when they first talk in a café?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Love.
(c) Calm.
(d) Humility.

15. What is the name of the hotel that Ka stays at in his hometown?
(a) The Lake Garden Hotel.
(b) The Green Pastures Hotel.
(c) The Brown Hotel.
(d) The Snow Palace Hotel.

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 Ka's name an abbreviation of?

3. What prevents the horse and carriage taking Kadife and Turgut to a meeting with Blue from leaving right away?

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 does Ka watch after making love to Ipek for the first time?

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