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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of 1968 did a group of soldiers from a particular country arrive in Istanbul?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) September.

2. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

3. Who escorts the five friends off the hospital property once they are denied access to Leila's body?
(a) Security guards.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A receptionist.
(d) Policemen.

4. Which of Zaynab's qualities made her different from the rest of her family?
(a) Her status as a little person.
(b) Her race.
(c) Her love of travel.
(d) Her ambition.

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

6. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?
(a) Sight.
(b) Touch.
(c) Smell.
(d) Taste.

7. The sisters of D/Ali incessantly called him after his wedding to tell him that their mother was taking what action?
(a) Crying.
(b) Celebrating.
(c) Waiting for a grandchild.
(d) Praying.

8. To what aspect of Zaynab's persona was her permanent and self-assigned nickname Zaynab122 connected?
(a) Her age.
(b) Her past surgeries.
(c) Her height.
(d) Her family.

9. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

10. The chapter entitled "Sabotage" focuses on which character, now in his early forties?
(a) Haroun.
(b) Tarkan.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Uncle.

11. The memory of what taste is associated with the chapter called "Ten Minutes Thirty Seconds"?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Single malt whiskey.
(c) Goat stew.
(d) Cardamom.

12. In what way were Leila's murderers related to one another?
(a) They were third cousins.
(b) They were stepbrothers.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They were cousins.

13. What is the last name of the morgue orderly named Kameel?
(a) Madelo.
(b) Effendi.
(c) Sumi.
(d) Feitz.

14. One of Leila's murderers turns out to be a man "who had been" what "his entire life" (207)?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Psychotic.
(c) Celibate.
(d) Bullied.

15. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes," a celebration of what kind of landmark's recent completion was taking place in Istanbul?
(a) A bridge.
(b) An opera house.
(c) A wall.
(d) A mosque.

Short Answer Questions

1. The medical examiner provides a window of how many hours in relation to the time of Leila's death?

2. What part of Leila's body was permanently scarred as a result of being attacked by "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (119)?

3. Which character was killed at the protests portrayed in "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds"?

4. Which character did Leila see when she looked into the mirror on her wedding day?

5. The figurines on the dashboard of the silver Mercedes are created to look like what entities?

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