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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. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A pharmacy.
(d) A restaurant.

2. Which of Leila's five friends is the only person in the group devoted to religion?
(a) Nalan.
(b) Zaynab122.
(c) Sinan.
(d) Humeyra.

3. The chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" portrays how many men having been involved with Leila's murder?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. At what type of establishment did Zaynab122 work when she and Leila met?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A jazz club.
(c) A medical clinic.
(d) A chip shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way were Leila's murderers related to one another?

2. In the chapter entitled "The Five," all five of Leila's friends arrive separately to the hospital courtyard just past what time?

3. How many scars did D/Ali show to Leila when he was refuting her argument about their pasts?

4. The chapter "Eight Minutes" recounts a memory associated with March of what year?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Leila meet Humeyra, as depicted within the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?

2. In what way does Elif Shafak use a sensory detail as an instance of foreshadowing in the chapter entitled "Eight Minutes"?

3. What object did D/Ali entrust to Leila in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" and why?

4. Describe the findings of the medical examiner who inspects Leila's body at the morgue.

5. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.

6. From which character's perspective is the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City" written?

7. What reaction does Nalan expect to get from her friends when she tells them about the as-yet-undescribed plan in the chapter called "Sabotage"?

8. How does the instance of foreshadowing included at the start of Part One: "Eight Minutes" become clear by the end of the chapter?

9. Which joyous occasion in Leila's life is portrayed within the memories that surface ten minutes and 20 seconds after her heart stops?

10. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?

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