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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 kind of soldiers is the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" saved by during the skit?

2. What does Kadife do before checking Ka for a microphone during their secret meeting at a hotel?

3. What is the name of Ipek's family maid?

4. What does Ka become at first during his meeting with Ipek before composing himself?

5. Where has Ka just returned from reading poetry when he is killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Kadife search Ka for a microphone when he meets with her in a storage room at a hotel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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