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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daphne say she wanted to study in school?
(a) Persian history.
(b) Turkish literature and art.
(c) Turkish and Arabic languages.
(d) Islamic religion.

2. What does Daphne buy at the grocery store that she remembers from visiting her grandparents?
(a) Ice cream and chocolate syrup.
(b) Pickled herring.
(c) Deviled eggs.
(d) Turkish figs.

3. On day three, what does Engin’s mother tell Daphne to do?
(a) Meet Engin in Paris.
(b) Quit her job.
(c) Come to Turkey.
(d) Sell her car.

4. What criticism does the dissenting letter to the editor make, of the State of Jefferson?
(a) That it is actually fascist in its roots.
(b) That it is really just a few corrupt, powerful men funding it.
(c) That it is really about ending progress.
(d) That it is run by out-of-staters.

5. What does Daphne say will be the downfall of the State of Jefferson movement?
(a) Infighting between sects.
(b) The lack of funding.
(c) The powerful federal army.
(d) The sparse population.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the message say, that Daphne gets once her phone has service?

2. Where do Daphne and Honey go from Sal’s Café on day three?

3. What does Daphne say you are doing when you have a child?

4. How long did Daphne and Engin date before she came home?

5. Where is Daphne’s father when she greets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daphne do when her thoughts turn to death?

2. How does Daphne characterize the circle of her conversation with Engin?

3. What does the goat bell in Daphne’s house remind her?

4. How does Daphne describe the rhythms of her sex life?

5. How does Daphne describe her feelings about her separation from Engin?

6. What kind of access does Daphne have with the outside world from Altavista?

7. How does Daphne characterize the conversation she has with Cindy Cooper and her boyfriend Ed van Voorhees?

8. What is the crisis Honey’s injury creates in Daphne and how does she resolve it?

9. What is Cindy Cooper’s feeling about Islam?

10. Why were Daphne and Engin not married in Turkey?

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