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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Black and the dwarf share Osman's joy about the books they are examining?
(a) They think he is losing his mind.
(b) They are busy looking themselves.
(c) They don't appreciate art or history like he does.
(d) They are not sure what he is talking about.

2. Who is Chelebi?
(a) Hasan's new love interest.
(b) A man who falls in love with a woman he has seen at an open window.
(c) Shekure's mother-in-law.
(d) An Erzurumi preacher.

3. What do Enishte and the murderer talk about in regard to their art?
(a) Whether they will ever finish it.
(b) Whether it is good enough.
(c) Whether it is blasphemous.
(d) Whether or not Black will help them finish it.

4. Who do Esther and Black talk about?
(a) Master Osman.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Shekure.
(d) Olive.

5. What topics do Hasan and Esther gossip about?
(a) Black and Shekure and the book.
(b) The Sultan and Black.
(c) The book and the murder.
(d) The book and Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Butterfly answer the question?

2. Why does Black try to keep the wedding secret?

3. When the door to the Treasury is opened to let Black and Master Osman go home for the night, what do they request?

4. What does Esther look for between the two murders?

5. What does Hasan threaten when he comes to Shekure's home?

(see the answer key)

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