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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Dosoula's husband?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was hanged.
(d) He was stabbed.

2. In what region does the narrative take place?
(a) Aegea.
(b) The Black Sea.
(c) Marmara.
(d) Anatolia.

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

4. What kind of bird did Polyxeni ask the children to catch for her in Chapter 12?
(a) A finch.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) A dove.

5. Who was the priest that had Drosoula's father carried home when he passed out on the church steps in the narrative in Chapter 5?
(a) Father Polopogos.
(b) Father Kemal.
(c) Father Efendim.
(d) Father Kristoforos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the bishop come from the pray with the imam in the narrative related in Chapter 7?

2. What was the name of the imam's horse that is described in Chapter 2?

3. Iskander says in Chapter 1 that he is a potter but is also renowned as a maker of what?

4. What is the secret society run by Haji called in Chapter 20?

5. Who was the village midwife when Philopthei was born?

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