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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 poem that Orhan envisioned at Ka's old dormitory that originated from Necip's story?

2. Which of the following descriptions is not given to Orhan to describe Ka when he comes to investigate him in Kars?

3. What does Ka ask Kadife to write out so that he can give it to Sunay after visiting Blue in prison?

4. What does the weather bureau announce is likely to reopen as a sign of the theatre troupe moving out of town?

5. Which of the following things does the article not say about Ka as a person, according to Muhtar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ipek tell Ka that her affair with Blue started?

2. What is Kadife's role in Sunay's final play?

3. What is the nature of Ka and Muhtar's meeting at a tea house in "A Godless man in Kars, the Fear of Being Shot"?

4. What does Ka do just after making love to Ipek for the first time?

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

6. What does Ka make Ipek do before he leaves for the National Theater to ensure she doesn't leave him?

7. How does Sunay describe his arrangement for Blue's release to Ka and Serdar Bey?

8. What does Z Demirkol reveal to Ka regarding Ipek after grabbing him in the street?

9. How does Fazil describe his fantasies of Kadife to Ka when they go to a tea house?

10. How is Kadife's punishment for killing Sunay described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

True to the book's name, the substance of snow is used throughout the book to evoke memories, inspire poetry and note individualism in nature.

Part 1.) What symbolic meaning does Ka have for snow in regards to his childhood?

Part 2.) What might the author hope for snow to represent in terms of character development in the book?

Part 3.) What is telling about Ka's research of snowflakes and comparing their individuality to people?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of drinking in the book, notably as it is used as a coping mechanism. How does Ka's use of alcohol to forget his problems differ from Funda's, who uses it to manipulate others?

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