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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 friends does Leila name when she knows her friends will come quickly when they hear of her death?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. As a child, Sinan "felt more comfortable next to people who were not" what "in any way" (77)?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Kind.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Perfect.

3. How many miles away from Istanbul is the historic city of Van, where Leila's parents live?
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 250.
(d) 1,000.

4. Leila ran away from her family's home in Van forever during what event?
(a) Tarkan's birthday party.
(b) Suzan's funeral.
(c) Tarkan's funeral.
(d) Haroun's retirement party.

5. The volatile relationship between Jameelah and which of her family members caused her to begin to spend more time on the streets?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her stepfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle groomed and sexually abused Leila for the first time when the whole family went for a holiday next to what sea?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who does NOT know Leila as Tequlia Leila?

5. In the chapter entitled "Five Minutes," Leila recalls the birth of which character?

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