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

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

3. Who does Blue believe has sent Ka to be used for a purpose to him?

4. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after Ipek tells him that she wants to make love to him for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What is the nature of Orhan Bey's visit to Kars?

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

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

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

8. Why is the bus driver reluctant to let Ka on the bus at the beginning of 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. What is the nature of Blue's speech regarding Hans Hensen to Ka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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