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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Mind, “Eight Minutes” - “Remaining Eight Seconds”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned within descriptions of the annual birthday parties Leila's five friends threw for her?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Cupcakes.
(d) Decorations.

2. The chapter "Eight Minutes" recounts a memory associated with March of what year?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1979.

3. Soldiers affiliated with which country came to Istanbul in 1968?
(a) The United States.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Germany.

4. What position did Haroun hold within the historic city of Van?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Firefighter.
(c) Cook.
(d) Tailor.

5. What was NOT an event that occurred during the Turkish police's raid on the campus of Istanbul University?
(a) 1 student was murdered.
(b) 30 students were murdered.
(c) 50 students were severely beaten.
(d) 30 students were arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does the narrative of 10 Seconds 38 Minutes in This Strange World take place?

2. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?

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

4. In "Seven Minutes," it is revealed that Leila began to call Sinan by what nickname when they still lived in Van?

5. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?

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