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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Shekure in an awkward situation?
(a) She knows her father will soon be dead.
(b) She must live with her husband's father and brother while he is missing.
(c) She is in love with two different men.
(d) She wants a divorce but is afraid to ask for it.

2. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?
(a) Because the Sultan has declared it illegal to make books.
(b) Because the patron of the book is banished.
(c) Because paper has become difficult to find.
(d) Because the librarian was murdered.

3. What does the woman who approaches Black after he leaves Enishte give to him?
(a) A coin.
(b) A letter.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A book.

4. 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) Her missing husband.
(d) What her father has said about her and Black.

5. What does Shekure do that Esther says further invites love?
(a) She perfumed the letter.
(b) She signs the letter with love.
(c) She leaves the mark of a kiss on the envelope.
(d) She writes in a very fancy script.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Black spent the last twelve years of his life?

2. Who is Enishte?

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

4. What does Black see when he looks back at the house near the pomegranate tree?

5. How has Hasan ruined his chances with Shekure?

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