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

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

3. In what neighborhood did Leila live at the time of her murder?
(a) Kilyo.
(b) Lera.
(c) Pera.
(d) Mara.

4. In the chapter entitled "Nine Minutes," Leila remembers D/Ali and has a memory of all but which of the following flavors?
(a) Cherry paste.
(b) Hazelnut praline.
(c) Cardamom.
(d) Caramel.

5. One of Leila's five friends believes that the two kinds of families are the blood type and what other type?
(a) Oil.
(b) Sun.
(c) Blended.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character waits outside of Leila's apartment building in the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City"?

2. The chapter entitled "Sabotage" focuses on which character, now in his early forties?

3. In the chapter entitled "The Apartment," who opens Leila's apartment door and discovers Charlie Chaplin arriving home?

4. Which of the five friends has the most fiery temper?

5. The vendor portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Silver Mercedes" spies how many figurines on the dashboard of the murderers' Mercedes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who becomes frustrated with Zaynab122 in the chapter entitled "Normal Female Citizens" and why?

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

3. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," who is the young man accusing his father of being involved with the murders of sex workers?

4. 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"?

5. How did Leila meet D/Ali and what part of the prologue is the reader meant to recall during the description of their meeting in "Nine Minutes"?

6. How do Leila's five friends finally gain access to information about the whereabouts of Leila's body?

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

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

9. What sight causes Humeyra to smile "for the first time in hours" (194) in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?

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

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