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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event divided the two cities?
(a) The Great Divide.
(b) The Cleavage.
(c) The Schism.
(d) The Terminal.

2. What information does Borlú ask Taskin Cerush to get for him?
(a) How to arrest another officer.
(b) How to dismiss a case for lack of evidence.
(c) How to submit evidence to the courts.
(d) How to send a case to the Oversight Committee.

3. What is notable about the DöplirCaffé?
(a) It is both a Muslim and a Jewish coffeehouse, located next to one another and sharing a single name.
(b) It is a crosshatched coffeehouse located in both cities simultaneously.
(c) It is both a Besz and an Ul Qoman coffeehouse, located next to one another and sharing a single name.
(d) It is a coffeehouse that exists in neither city and constitutes its own territory.

4. The teens who discovered the victim are described as being what?
(a) Smokers.
(b) Chewers.
(c) Dippers.
(d) Biters.

5. Where was the owner of the van on the night of the murder?
(a) At a Gamblers Anonymous meeting.
(b) At a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
(c) At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
(d) At an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the van that transported the victim?

2. In what city does Borlú live and work?

3. When speaking with the owner of the van that transported the victim, what surprising fact does Borlú learn about the van?

4. What is the name of the text written by David Bowden?

5. What is the name of the dig on which the victim worked?

(see the answer key)

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