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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. What is the secret society run by Haji called in Chapter 20?
(a) Izmir.
(b) Antalya.
(c) Vatan.
(d) Fethiye.

2. Who is Karatavuk’s mother?
(a) Drosoula.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Nermin.
(d) Tamara.

3. What is the name of Ibrahim's dog?
(a) Hasseki.
(b) Izmir.
(c) Safiye.
(d) Kopek.

4. Who is said to live in the trunk of a tree with a donkey and four children in Chapter 22?
(a) Rustem Bey.
(b) Mihrimah Efendim.
(c) Ali the Snowbringer.
(d) Mohammad the Leech Gatherer.

5. What animal is described as being sacrificed in Chapter 29?
(a) A ram.
(b) A goat.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name did Ayse's husband call her?

2. Who is Ayse's oldest daughter?

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

4. When did the King of Montenegro declare war on the Ottoman Empire?

5. Where did the imam leave a saintly stigma on Philothei when he kissed her after she was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrative perspective in Chapter 8. How is it denoted?

2. How is education explored thematically in Chapter 17?

3. How is Mustafa Kemal's education described?

4. How is the narrative in Chapter 12 related?

5. How is the narrative of Chapter 22 related? How is this denoted?

6. How did Philothei find Ibrahim in Chapter 47? Where was he?

7. What is described in the brief narrative of Chapter 35?

8. Who is the narrator of Chapter 45? Who is the chapter about?

9. How is the narrative related in Chapter 27?

10. What did Rustem Bey ask Abdulhamid in Chapter 48? What did Abdulhamid respond?

(see the answer keys)

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