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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Mind, “Four Minutes” - “Jameelah’s Story”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings did Jameelah have at the time of her mother's death?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What substance did the midwife use in hopes of forcing Leila to make a sound?
(a) Rice.
(b) Salt.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Ice.

3. The narrator states that Jameelah's father subscribed to what religion at the time of Jameelah's birth?
(a) Sufism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

4. The narrator states in the prologue, "The End," that Leila would throw what object playfully at someone she heard referring to her in the past tense?
(a) A pinch of salt.
(b) A tomato.
(c) A high-heeled shoe.
(d) A drop of water.

5. What name did Leila use when referring to Binnaz?
(a) Mummy.
(b) Sister.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Binnaz began to have one miscarriage after another, the family elders reminded Haroun that the Qur'an says a man can have how many wives?

2. What thought caused Leila to feel a sense of gloom descend upon her during the wedding reception?

3. After young Sinan's father died, he harbored "a nagging suspicion that, no matter how hard he tried and how much he changed, he would always" (77) commit what action toward his mother?

4. When Leila names the activities she had been doing just hours before her death, what is NOT mentioned?

5. In "Sinan's Story," the reader learns that Sinan lived in a house with his mother and how many other people?

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