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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose birth is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Leonidas Efendi's.
(b) Nasreddin Hodja's.
(c) Mustafa Kemal's.
(d) Mihrimah Efendim's.

2. Who was the beggar that Philothei describes giving alms to in Chapter 8?
(a) The Blasphemer.
(b) The Hatter.
(c) The Snow-bearer.
(d) The Canker.

3. Where had Mustafa Kemal been previously exiled in Chapter 26?
(a) Rhodes.
(b) Izmir.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Ankara.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 28 that the year 1189 in the Muslim calendar equals what year in the Christian calendar?
(a) 1774.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1901.

5. How old is Philothei in her narrative in Chapter 21?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird did Polyxeni ask the children to catch for her in Chapter 12?

2. What was Ibrahim's father called, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. Where does the narrator describe Mustafa Kemal enrolling in a war college in Chapter 16?

4. Who is Philothei's father?

5. What kind of bird began to sing in the night when Philothei was born?

(see the answer key)

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