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

2. Who do Ka and Ipek realize they have both recently lost that seems to break the ice between them?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their sisters.

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

4. What will Ipek not do with Ka when she first comes to visit his room because her father is in the same building?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Talk to him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Make love to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had Ka been away from Turkey when he returns at the beginning of the book?

2. Which of the following places does Ipek not tell Ka was raided after the revolution at the theater?

3. Where does Ka pass by where he sees the head of the theatrical troupe sitting and drinking before their performance after leaving Kadife?

4. What is the name of Ipek's younger sister?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Ka tell his fellow seatmate for why he is going to Kars during the bus ride there?

2. What do the police want Ka to do when they take him into the station in regards to the Director of Education's death?

3. What does Ka do with the letters he promised Necip that he would give to Kadife in a stationary store?

4. What do Z Dimerkol and two Turkish militants do to Ka after he leaves the National Theater after his speech?

5. What is the nature of Ka's conversation with the sheikh when he first sees him at the Green Pastures café?

6. What is the nature of Orhan's memory of Ka's book of poems titled "Snow"?

7. How does Muhtar explain how he came to learn the teachings of the Kurdish Sheikh Saadettin Efendi?

8. How does Kadife react when Ka questions her about her feelings on suicide?

9. How does Ipek describe the events of the night after the tragedy at the National Theater to Ka over breakfast?

10. How is the director of the Institute for Education killed?

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