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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ka tell Blue he is spying for during their first meeting?
(a) The Progressives.
(b) The Republicans.
(c) The South Door.
(d) The Islamists.

2. What does Ka tell the sheik that snow reminds him of when they first talk at the café?
(a) God.
(b) His mother.
(c) Ipek.
(d) His sister.

3. What kind of story does Necip tell Ka he wrote and that he summarizes for him?
(a) Romance.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Science fiction.

4. How many hours does Ka sleep the night of the revolution at the theater?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. What kind of store does Ka go to and photocopy Necip's letters to Kadife?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A stationary store.
(c) Hotel Asia.
(d) A teahouse.

6. What does the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" do with her headscarf during the performance?
(a) Washes it.
(b) Tears it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Ties it around her neck.

7. What is the name of Ka's friend who visits Kars four years after him, just after he has died?
(a) Turgut Bey.
(b) Sunay Zaim.
(c) Hicran.
(d) Orhan Bey.

8. Who does Ka receive benefits from while an exile, but cuts links with while in Germany?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) Kurds.
(c) Turkish Communists.
(d) The German government.

9. What is the name of the hotel that Turgut agrees to go to and meet Blue?
(a) Hotel Brown.
(b) Snow Palace Hotel.
(c) Hotel Asia.
(d) Snake Glen Hotel.

10. What is the name of the woman who performs "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" in the book?
(a) Funda Eser.
(b) Fahir.
(c) Ipek.
(d) Kadife.

11. Who does Funda's husband tell the audience has just died before opening fire on the audience at the National Theater?
(a) The director of the Institute of Education.
(b) The mayor of Kars.
(c) The police chief.
(d) The President of Turkey.

12. What does Turgut advise Ka to increase his belief in to save himself from being punished by Islamists?
(a) God.
(b) Freedom.
(c) His country.
(d) Islam.

13. Which of the following words does Ka not use to describe Kars before reading his poem at the National Theater?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Poor.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Sad.

14. What is Ka consumed by after being taken into the police station for the first time in the book?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

15. What kind of soldiers is the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" saved by during the skit?
(a) Communists.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town in Turkey that Ka is from?

2. Who does the director claim he is under orders from to ban local women from wearing their head scarves when questioned by a man in the book?

3. What are the names of the two men in the old Turkish story that Blue tells Ka about during their first meeting?

4. How many years had Ka been away from Turkey when he returns at the beginning of the book?

5. Which of the following tribes is not mentioned to have influenced the Kars region according to Ka?

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