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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing that Shekure says she thinks about in her letter?
(a) The years Black has been away.
(b) What happened to Elegant.
(c) What her father has said about her and Black.
(d) Her missing husband.

2. Who is Enishte?
(a) Black's uncle.
(b) Elegant's uncle.
(c) Elegant's father.
(d) Black's father.

3. Why does Black believe there is rioting at the Sultan's palace?
(a) Because the value of money has declined.
(b) Because the Sultan has murdered people.
(c) Because so many people are disappearing.
(d) Because there is not enough food to feed the people.

4. Who is Black in love with?
(a) Orhan.
(b) Enishte.
(c) Shekure.
(d) Hayriye.

5. How does Shekure's father respond to her inquiry about the meeting between him and Black?
(a) He denies there is a meeting.
(b) He surprises her by saying he wants her to marry him.
(c) He acts as if he doesn't understand what she is asking.
(d) He makes light of the meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the soul of Elegant as the story opens?

2. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?

3. What does the pickle seller complain about to Black?

4. What does Elegant want his family to do when they find his murderer?

5. Why does the murder draw pictures for the storyteller?

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