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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character offers to go to Hindustan to work on a new book?
(a) Sultan.
(b) Master Osman.
(c) Stork.
(d) Olive.

2. Who ends up delivering the letter to Black?
(a) Shevket.
(b) Orhan.
(c) Shekure.
(d) Esther.

3. In addition to the Book of Festivities, what does the Sultan know the others are working on?
(a) Their own individual projects.
(b) A secret book.
(c) A new design for the coins.
(d) The murder of Elegant.

4. What concerns the murder the most?
(a) The sin of the illustrations.
(b) Retribution from Black.
(c) The punishment for killing Elegant.
(d) The judgment of his friends.

5. Which of the following is not true about this novel?
(a) It is an historically accurate book.
(b) The setting involves lots of religion.
(c) It contains a love story.
(d) There is a mystery within the novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finalizes the love letter effect according to Esther?

2. What do Black and Master Osman find when they examine the horses drawn for the contest?

3. What does Black think the story he writes for the strange illustrations will win him?

4. How does Shekure's father respond to her inquiry about the meeting between him and Black?

5. What is the only thing that Shekure says she thinks about in her letter?

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