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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. Two minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she recalls which two very different flavors?
(a) Molasses and lemon.
(b) Lemon and sugar.
(c) Licorice and lime.
(d) Salt and caramel.

2. When Leila sneaked a hula hoop into her home, she practiced in the bathroom while imitating which singer?
(a) Donnie Osmond.
(b) Rudy Vallee.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Elvis Presley.

3. How many hula hoops did Sinan's mother order for him?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. Haroun told many people he was going to have how many sons?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. How many friends does Leila name when she knows her friends will come quickly when they hear of her death?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, Sinan "felt more comfortable next to people who were not" what "in any way" (77)?

2. Who does NOT know Leila as Tequlia Leila?

3. In the chapter entitled "Five Minutes," Leila recalls the birth of which character?

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. The volatile relationship between Jameelah and which of her family members caused her to begin to spend more time on the streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator reveal about the reason for Leila's reluctance to talk about her past in the chapter entitled "Three Minutes"?

2. What circumstances left Leila alone in her house with Tarkan and at the mercy of Uncle's predatory sexual abuse?

3. In what way does Bitter Ma exact revenge on the client who chastises her for the picture of Sultan Abdulaziz hanging in the brothel?

4. How did Jameelah come to feel so alienated by her family that she began to spend more time on the streets?

5. 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?

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

7. How did Leila meet Sinan?

8. What is the symbolism of the toenail polish in the chapter entitled "Nalan's Story"?

9. How did Leila first meet Nalan?

10. How did Haroun's increasing religious fervor cause changes in Leila's life during her adolescence?

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