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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 does Ka spend his first day back in his hometown doing to keep up appearances as a journalist?
(a) Sees his family.
(b) Visits the cafes.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Interviews voters and the unemployed.

2. What is the name of the girl whose suicide is discussed at dinner by Hande?
(a) Zahide.
(b) Hande.
(c) Teslime.
(d) Hicran.

3. Who does Sunay reveal is Blue's mistress and is the reason for him being in Kars?
(a) Ipek.
(b) Kadife.
(c) Hande.
(d) Hicran.

4. What is the name of the organization of the man who questions the Director of Education, saying he has condemned the director to death?
(a) The Islamic Fighters.
(b) The Freedom Fighters for Islamic Justice.
(c) The Freedom Fighters.
(d) The Justice Seekers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store does Ka go to and photocopy Necip's letters to Kadife?

2. What does Ka become at first during his meeting with Ipek before composing himself?

3. Who do Ka and Ipek realize they have both recently lost that seems to break the ice between them?

4. What does the woman who performed "My Fatherland or My Head Scarf" do with her headscarf during the performance?

5. What does Necip tell Ka he keeps seeing the same of over and over when he explains why he doesn't look down the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the bus driver reluctant to let Ka on the bus at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Muhtar explain how he came to learn the teachings of the Kurdish Sheikh Saadettin Efendi?

3. What happens at the end of Sunay's first play at the National Theatre?

4. What is the nature of Orhan Bey's visit to Kars?

5. What does Ka do with the letters he promised Necip that he would give to Kadife in a stationary store?

6. What is the nature of Ipek and Ka's conversation when she comes to tell him the director's condition has worsened?

7. How does Kadife search Ka for a microphone when he meets with her in a storage room at a hotel?

8. What is the nature of Blue's speech regarding Hans Hensen to Ka?

9. How is Blue described the first time he is seen in the book?

10. What reason does Ka tell his fellow seatmate for why he is going to Kars during the bus ride there?

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