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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. In "Six Minutes," Leila recalls attending the wedding of which character and his bride?
(a) Suzan's brother.
(b) Uncle's youngest son.
(c) Uncle's oldest son.
(d) Haroun's cousin.

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

3. How are Suzan and Binnaz related to one another?
(a) They are married to the same man.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are sisters-in-law.

4. Out of what type of wood did Haroun carve a cradle for the child whose arrival is portrayed in "Five Minutes"?
(a) Madrona.
(b) Elm.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Teak.

5. Haroun gave Binnaz a necklace with coins representing all but which of the following virtues he hoped she would bring into the home?
(a) Youth.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Strength.
(d) Docility.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 1990 is Leila's death covered on national television?

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. With what weapon did "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119) attack Leila?

4. How many hula hoops did Sinan's mother order for him?

5. In what type of receptacle does Leila find herself as she realizes that she is dead?

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