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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Body, “Karma” - Part Three: The Soul, “The Blue Betta Fish”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Five," all five of Leila's friends arrive separately to the hospital courtyard just past what time?
(a) The end of Ramadan.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Suppertime.

2. How many hours does it take to drive from central Istanbul to the "old Greek fishing village called Kilyos" (231)?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. In what year did Binnaz's brother return from fighting in the Korean War?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1958.

4. When Leila names the activities she had been doing just hours before her death, what is NOT mentioned?
(a) Singing.
(b) Swearing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Smoking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Bridge," who pushes Leila's body over the side of Bosphorous Bridge while surrounded by police?

2. In what year did Leila spend her final night on earth?

3. Two minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she recalls which two very different flavors?

4. 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?

5. Nalan feels "a wave of sorrow" (253) rise in her chest in "To Err is Human" when she thinks about spending what number of decades with her beloved friend Leila?

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