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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Turgut enter the hotel where Blue is holding his secret meeting?
(a) The basement.
(b) The front.
(c) The side entrance.
(d) The back entrance.

2. How did Ka feel about dying for a noble or political cause as a youth?
(a) It was silly.
(b) It was unheard of.
(c) It was foolish.
(d) It was honorable.

3. What do Ipek and Turgut warn Kadife not to do when she goes onstage for the play?
(a) Undress.
(b) Speak.
(c) Take off her headscarf.
(d) Shoot the gun.

4. Who does Sunay dictate a newspaper article about that says he has died onstage during dinner in front of Ka?
(a) Kadife.
(b) Blue.
(c) Himself.
(d) Ka.

5. Who does Fazil tell Ka he fantasizes about all the time, and it's the person he really loves?
(a) Ipek.
(b) Hicran.
(c) Hande.
(d) Kadife.

6. What does Sunay tell Ka that Kadife has in regards to her performance in the play?
(a) A grasp of it.
(b) Talent.
(c) Passion.
(d) Anger.

7. How is Sunay's final stage performance described?
(a) Happy.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

8. What do Ka and Ipek talk about just after they make love?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A watch.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A record.

9. What kind of atmosphere do Ipek and Turgut find when they go to the National Theatre to stop Kadife from performing in the play?
(a) Familial.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Stressful.

10. Which of the following things does Serdar Bey not say to Ka in regards to the unfavorable article about him in his newspaper at dinner?
(a) He was forced to write it.
(b) He doesn't believe a word of it.
(c) He is sorry.
(d) No one in town will believe it.

11. What does everyone have to line up to do once the document is drafted at Blue's secret meeting at Hotel Asia?
(a) Sign it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Read it.
(d) See it.

12. How does Muhtar tell Ka he avoided being arrested when they go to a tea house together?
(a) Giving money.
(b) Feeding the hungry.
(c) Setting a new date for the election.
(d) Letting prisoners go.

13. What is Ka's research on snowflakes inspired by, according to Orhan?
(a) His family.
(b) God.
(c) Bacon's tree of knowledge.
(d) The Koran.

14. What does Ka remember thinking the snow was when he was young?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Scary.
(c) Cold.
(d) Beautiful.

15. How many years does Z tell Ka a person he knows has been Blue's mistress?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does Fazil say intensified his feelings for the woman he fantasizes about all the time?

2. What is the title of the statement that Blue shows to Ka when he visits him in his prison cell?

3. When Ka confronts her, what does Ipek deny she has done in regards to Z Demirkol's claims about her and Blue?

4. Who does the narrator say is the one puzzling part of Sunay's final play?

5. Who is not waiting for Orhan at the train station when he leaves Kars?

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