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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. Who paid the majority of the veterinary bill for the animal Humeyra and Leila saved together on the night they met?
(a) Nalan.
(b) Humeyra.
(c) Leila.
(d) Sinan.

2. What number does Kameel provide to the five friends after they are escorted off hospital property?
(a) The number of stab wounds she sustained.
(b) The number of Leila's grave.
(c) The number of blows she sustained to her head.
(d) The phone number of Leila's family in Van.

3. In what country does the narrative of 10 Seconds 38 Minutes in This Strange World take place?
(a) Iran.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Kurdistan.
(d) Turkey.

4. The medical examiner is fascinated with research suggesting that how many genes remain alive in the body for some time after physical death?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 250.
(d) 500.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Haroun told many people he was going to have how many sons?

2. In the chapter entitled "Nine Minutes," Leila remembers D/Ali and has a memory of all but which of the following flavors?

3. At every possible opportunity, Leila and her five friends would gather for dinner and to engage in what activity together?

4. In the chapter entitled "Three Minutes," what flavor does Leila remember three minutes after her heart has stopped that takes her back to September of 1967?

5. In the chapter called "To Err is Human," it is revealed that during Nalan's "long, arduous transition from the outward appearance of a man to the woman inside that she already was," (260) she found which of her features the most troublesome?

(see the answer key)

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