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

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

3. Which of Leila's five friends believes that there two kinds of families?
(a) Humeyra.
(b) Zaynab122.
(c) Nalan.
(d) Sinan.

4. What type of food is featured as part of Leila's final memory?
(a) Chocolate cake.
(b) Cinnamon cake.
(c) Strawberry cake.
(d) Rum cake.

5. In the chapter entitled "Grief," which character decides at the last minute that it will be too overwhelming to enter Leila's apartment?
(a) Jameelah.
(b) Zaynab122.
(c) Humeyra.
(d) Sinan.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?

2. In what neighborhood did Leila live at the time of her murder?

3. The morgue is located in what area of the hospital?

4. Leila's murder had apparently been preceded within the month by how many similar murders involving the same car?

5. In the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds," Leila remembers which type of sensory input associated with a wedding cake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What trophy do the two murderers keep on the dashboard of their silver Mercedes?

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

7. 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"?

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

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

10. Is the young man featured in the chapter called "The View from Above" right or wrong to accuse his father of murder?

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