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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. Who does Ka realize now occupies a former tailor shop that was once a mansion in town?

2. What is the name of the café that Ka meets his friend Ipek at for the first time?

3. Who does Sunay reveal is Blue's mistress and is the reason for him being in Kars?

4. Who does Funda's husband tell the audience has just died before opening fire on the audience at the National Theater?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of politics in the book, noting characters such as Sunay Zaim and Z Demirkol. What might the author be saying about the political system of Kars based on the negativity surrounding their methods?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Early on in the book, it becomes clear that the city of Kars is a place with backward principles and much controversy.

Part 1.) What about Ka's entrance into Kars suggests it is a dangerous place for him to be found?

Part 2.) What do we learn about the laws and rules enacted in Kars that are biased and/or backwards towards the poor and women?

Part 3.) What can we learn about the nature of undemocratic nations based on the author's portrayal of Kars in the book?

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