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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the former Communist and writer who was onstage with Sunay during the play?
(a) Ferhat.
(b) Z Demirkol.
(c) Turgut Bey.
(d) Sunay Zaim.

2. What is the name of Ipek's younger sister?
(a) Hande.
(b) Kadife.
(c) Hicran.
(d) Funda.

3. What does Funda's husband say before running offstage after he and his group opened fire on the National Theater audience?
(a) "Pray or die".
(b) "You are all dead men".
(c) "This is not a play, but the beginning of a revolution".
(d) "This is it".

4. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after Ipek tells him that she wants to make love to him for the first time?
(a) "Privations and Difficulties".
(b) "The Night of the Revolution".
(c) "Hidden Symmetry".
(d) "Dog".

5. Who does Ka receive benefits from while an exile, but cuts links with while in Germany?
(a) The German government.
(b) Turkish Communists.
(c) The Republicans.
(d) Kurds.

6. What does Necip tell Ka he keeps seeing the same of over and over when he explains why he doesn't look down the road?
(a) Colors.
(b) Landscapes.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Flowers.

7. Which of the following scenes is not on the posters and wall clippings at a tea house visited by Ka to write the poem "Hidden Symmetry"?
(a) Swiss mountains.
(b) A soccer schedule.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) A massacre.

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

9. What is the name of the café Ka stops at to get directions, but stops to listen to a sheik?
(a) The Green Pastures Café.
(b) The Snow Palace Cafe.
(c) The New Life Pastry Shop.
(d) The Teahouse.

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

11. What is the name of the hotel that Turgut agrees to go to and meet Blue?
(a) Hotel Brown.
(b) Snake Glen Hotel.
(c) Hotel Asia.
(d) Snow Palace Hotel.

12. Who does Necip proclaim his love for when he comes up to Ka for the second time in the book?
(a) Kadife.
(b) Hicran.
(c) Ipek.
(d) Hande.

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

14. What is the name of the girl whose suicide is discussed at dinner by Hande?
(a) Hicran.
(b) Teslime.
(c) Hande.
(d) Zahide.

15. How many letters does Nacip give to Ka for him to deliver to the woman he loves?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following tribes is not mentioned to have influenced the Kars region according to Ka?

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

3. What is the name of Ipek's family maid?

4. Who does Blue believe has sent Ka to be used for a purpose to him?

5. Who does Ipek bring Ka a letter from when she comes to tell him the director's condition has worsened?

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