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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Hasan ruined his chances with Shekure?
(a) He murdered his brother.
(b) He has treated her badly.
(c) He refuses to let her leave her room.
(d) He has confessed his plan to Black.

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

3. What does the pickle seller complain about to Black?
(a) The youth that are constantly stealing from him.
(b) The need for more jobs and money.
(c) The amount of counterfeit coins.
(d) The lack of a growing season.

4. How does Shekure disguise the names in the picture that Black gave her?
(a) She turns them into flowers.
(b) She scribbles them out.
(c) She turns them into the name of herself and her husband.
(d) She erases them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the Book of Festivities, what does the Sultan know the others are working on?

2. Who is Enishte?

3. What does Black want Shekure to know?

4. Which of the following is not true about this novel?

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

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