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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Louis Pasteur.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Marie Curie.

3. 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?
(a) Fail her.
(b) Belittle her.
(c) Anger her.
(d) Sadden her.

4. Who ended up raising Lelia, after Haroun had given the order for her to do so?
(a) Nalan.
(b) Suzan.
(c) Jameelah.
(d) Binnaz.

5. At what sort of facility was the wedding reception depicted in "Six Minutes" held?
(a) A mosque.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A church.
(d) A synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of Haroun's family named Mahmous was rewarded by the Ottoman government for his help in deporting Armenians?

3. In what year did Binnaz's brother return from fighting in the Korean War?

4. The narrator states in the prologue, "The End," that Leila would throw what object playfully at someone she heard referring to her in the past tense?

5. The narrator states that Jameelah's mother subscribed to what religion at the time of Jameelah's birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss a particular detail in the prologue entitled "The End" that communicates an element of Leila's personality.

2. What connection does the narrator draw between Tarkan's diagnosis and Leila's alienation from her father?

3. In what way did Leila make a sacrifice willingly in order to get under Uncle's skin at a family function?

4. What was the setting of Leila's birth?

5. What does the red belt symbolize within the chapter entitled "Six Minutes"?

6. In what way did Uncle engage in the use of grooming techniques with Leila's parents in order to prevent his sexual abuse of Leila from being detected?

7. Who was Tarkan?

8. Which event described in "One Minute" was later considered by Binnaz, Leila's biological mother, to be the moment that "had debilitated her forever" (33)?

9. How did Leila meet Sinan?

10. What major conflict did Jameelah have with her family after the death of her mother?

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