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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many letters does Nacip give to Ka for him to deliver to the woman he loves?

3. What poet does Ka tell Sunay that he and Muhtar both read when he says he must have grown up on Western films?

4. What is the name of the hotel that Ka stays at in his hometown?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sunay describe Necip to Ka after questioning him for kissing his dead body at the morgue?

2. What is the nature of Ipek and Ka's conversation when she comes to tell him the director's condition has worsened?

3. How is Sunay and Funda's seventies political theater background described in the book?

4. How is Blue described the first time he is seen in the book?

5. What is the nature of Ka and Fazil's conversation when Fazil approaches him in the library?

6. Why is the bus driver reluctant to let Ka on the bus at the beginning of the book?

7. What is the nature of Hande's questions to Ka regarding his poetry?

8. What is the nature of Ka's first meeting with Serdar Bey in the book?

9. What do Ka and Ipek discuss when they have their first meeting together at the New Life Pastry Shop?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of radicalism in the book, notably in the political system and theater. What motivations do individuals like Sunay and Blue have for enacting such extreme radical behavior in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's inclusion of social commentary in the book to show the tension and turmoil in Kars. What is the reader able to feel in relation to the high school students, the unemployed, and the other activists whose protests were examined in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the sisters Ipek and Kadife in the book. What is telling of the bond these sisters share based on their work with Blue's cause?

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