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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. Which member of Haroun's family named Mahmous was rewarded by the Ottoman government for his help in deporting Armenians?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brother.

2. How old was Uncle when he returned from the Korean War and began to sexually abuse Leila?
(a) 52.
(b) 35.
(c) 43.
(d) 22.

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

4. Out of what type of wood did Haroun carve a cradle for the child whose arrival is portrayed in "Five Minutes"?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Elm.
(c) Teak.
(d) Madrona.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Leila's childhood home in the historic city of Van?

2. Leila steps in and defends what kind of worker against Uncle's abuse?

3. In what type of receptacle does Leila find herself as she realizes that she is dead?

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

5. In what month of 1990 is Leila's death covered on national television?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of the sexual abuse Leila endured throughout her childhood?

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

3. What does the braided bracelet symbolize in the chapter entitled "Seven Minutes"?

4. How did Leila feel about the metropolis of Istanbul during her childhood?

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

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

7. How is the structure of the novel explained within the chapter in Part One entitled "One Minute"?

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

9. 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?

10. 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)?

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