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

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

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

4. What kind of story does Necip tell Ka he wrote and that he summarizes for him?

5. What is the name of the intelligence agency that has been receiving threats on the director of the Institute of Education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the favor Muhtar asks of Ka in regards to his ex-wife?

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

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

4. How is the first time that Ka and Ipek make love described?

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

6. How does Necip describe his short science fiction story to Ka?

7. What is the nature of Funda Esers' skit called "My Fatherland or My Headscarf?

8. What questions does Necip ask Ka when he is standing outside the National Theater?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of Orhan's investigation of Ka, noting what information we were able to learn about Ka's nature. What is telling about the nature of change and consequences of actions based on the information we learn about Ka's legacy in Kars after his death?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of newspapers in the book, noting their highlight of the corruptness of Kars. What does Serdar Bey's tendency to make headlines the day before they happen say about the nature of those in power in Kars?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the notion of the local women wearing a headscarf is examined.

Part 1.) What do the headscarves represent to the women of Kars in terms of their religious beliefs?

Part 2.) What motivations can be pointed at for why the women are suddenly asked to remove their headscarves?

Part 3.) What can be learned about the impact the removing of headscarves can have on the female psyche based on the suicides of the young women who didn't want to remove them?

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