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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 is not waiting for Orhan at the train station when he leaves Kars?

2. Who is Ka astonished to see come in to have a meal after arriving at Sunay's with Kadife's statement?

3. Where does Turgut enter the hotel where Blue is holding his secret meeting?

4. What is Ka's research on snowflakes inspired by, according to Orhan?

5. Who tells Ipek that Blue and Hande have been killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orhan describe Ka to Ipek after he returns to Germany from Kars?

2. How is Sunay's final performance of his play described?

3. What is the nature of Ka and Ipek's discussion regarding an old record they were listening to the first time they made love?

4. What does Blue tell Ka he has changed his mind about regarding Kadife going through with Sunay's play when he goes to visit him?

5. What does Sunay tell Serdar Bey to write two articles about to be printed in his paper the next day during their meeting with Ka before Sunay's final play performance?

6. How does Blue's meeting at Hotel Asia become hard to control?

7. What happens to Ka when he leaves a café after writing the poem "Jealous"?

8. How is the National Theater described when Ipek and Turgut arrive just before Sunay's play?

9. What is the nature of the people's descriptions of Ka according to those Orhan meets with on his visit to Kars?

10. How is Ka's research into snowflakes described by Orhan?

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

Examine the portrayal of atheism in the book, noting its impact in an Islamic nation such as Kars. What is telling of the feelings towards a Western belief like atheism based on Fazil's commentary regarding it in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the political rivals of Blue and Sunay Zaim in the book. What was the nature of each of these men's political motivations and who was the lesser evil?

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