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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 month is Ada born?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) December.

2. How many songbirds were found in the suitcase of a smuggler?
(a) 1,817.
(b) 3,529.
(c) 2,736.
(d) 4,092.

3. Were does Ada say in "Proverbs" that Kostas was last year?
(a) Chile.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Peru.

4. What do Defne and a colleague have to drink after a difficult interview in "Silences"?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Red wine.
(c) White wine.
(d) Beer.

5. What told the fig tree where the bodies of Yiorgos and Yusuf lay?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A mosquito.
(c) An ant.
(d) A sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Kostas the week that Defne died?

2. How many species of birds are there?

3. How does Meryem tell Ada that she removed coffee stains on the table?

4. According to the fig tree, what tree towered on a pole that ran from the underworld to earth and heaven?

5. According to the fig tree, how far can butterflies fly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kostas arrive in Northern Cyprus in the early 2000s, and how does he feel?

2. What does the fig tree learn from a mosquito?

3. What does Meryem decide is wrong with Ada, and what does she think should be done about it?

4. Why does Dr. Norman agree to give Defne an abortion?

5. What happened in Chile under Pinochet?

6. What is Kostas working on, and what did he do last year in "Proverbs"?

7. When Ada is a baby, why does Defne ask Kostas not to tell her about the past?

8. How does Kostas plan to contact Defne when he returns to Cyprus in the early 2000s?

9. How and why did Defne transmute into a tree?

10. How do Kostas and Defne view human suffering?

(see the answer keys)

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