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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shekure waiting for?
(a) Her husband to return from the war.
(b) Enishte to allow her to move away.
(c) Her child to be born.
(d) Black to return to their village.

2. What does Enishte tell Black that the Sultan wants to regain?
(a) The trust of those that are miniatures.
(b) The style of the Franks.
(c) Control over his people.
(d) Management of the money and inflation.

3. Why is Black actually asking the miniaturists Master Osman's questions?
(a) To look for clues for Elegant's disappearance.
(b) To hear different points of view.
(c) To give him an excuse to be in the room.
(d) To steal secrets to improve his own skill level.

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

5. What is surprising about Stork's picture which has strayed from the style of the old masters?
(a) There is a dog in the picture.
(b) The color red is used.
(c) The Sultan stands alone in the picture.
(d) He uses words in his pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olive believe miniaturists aspire to become?

2. What is in Hasan's letter to Shekure?

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

4. How does Olive answer the question?

5. Why does Black believe there is rioting at the Sultan's palace?

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