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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 Butterfly working on?
(a) Individual letter.
(b) Funeral prayer.
(c) Secret book.
(d) Book of Festivities.

2. Which of the following best describes the murder of the soul of Elegant?
(a) Atrocious.
(b) Betraying.
(c) Surprising.
(d) Relieving.

3. How does Shekure answer Esther's probing questions about what Black wrote?
(a) That he writes of his love for her.
(b) That she is married and waiting for her husband.
(c) That she knows Esther already read the letter.
(d) That it is none of Esther's business.

4. Why is Shekure in an awkward situation?
(a) She wants a divorce but is afraid to ask for it.
(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 knows her father will soon be dead.

5. Why is it difficult for Esther to read the letter to Black?
(a) The handwriting is blurred from the water.
(b) She is illiterate.
(c) She does not speak the same language.
(d) She cannot read script writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising about Stork's picture which has strayed from the style of the old masters?

2. How does Olive answer the question?

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

4. What does Esther tell Shekure when she gives him the two letters?

5. Which character offers to go to Hindustan to work on a new book?

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