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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. What is the name of the finished book of poetry that Ka's friend is searching for in his green notebook?

2. What is the name of the hotel that Turgut agrees to go to and meet Blue?

3. What does Ka realize has happened to Muhtar but not to him after they are taken in by police for questioning?

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 a man do to Ka immediately after answering the door where Ka first goes to visit Blue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens at the end of Sunay's first play at the National Theatre?

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

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

9. What happens when Ka tells the announcer that he finds Kars very beautiful, very poor and very sad during his speech at the National Theatre?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the role of the coup de theatre in the book. What final message was Sunay trying to send by having Kadife play a part in his final performance?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of control in the book, paying close attention to its impact in the political and theatrical groups in the book. What methods did characters like Sunay Zaim and Z Dimerkol use to gain control over others?

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