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

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

5. Where does Esther take the letter before she goes to see Black?
(a) To Hasan.
(b) To the Sultan.
(c) To Enishte.
(d) Nowhere.

6. How does Butterfly answer the question?
(a) With specific illustrations.
(b) With three parables on style and signature.
(c) With three stores on time and painting.
(d) With three parables about blindness and memory.

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

8. Why does Black believe there is rioting at the Sultan's palace?
(a) Because there is not enough food to feed the people.
(b) Because so many people are disappearing.
(c) Because the value of money has declined.
(d) Because the Sultan has murdered people.

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

10. What do Enishte and Shekure discuss after Black leaves?
(a) Whether he would make a good husband.
(b) Whether he will find Elegant's murderer.
(c) How good of an writer Black is.
(d) The Sultan's secret book.

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

12. Why does Black try to keep the wedding secret?
(a) To protect them from Hasan and his men.
(b) So Shekure will not be shamed.
(c) To make it happen before others realize Enishte is dead.
(d) To get things done more quickly.

13. What does Enishte hope to share with Black?
(a) Wisdom from the ages.
(b) Secrets to book illustrating.
(c) Spiritual awareness.
(d) Love of books.

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

15. How does Olive answer the question?
(a) With specific illustrations.
(b) With three stores on time and painting.
(c) With three parables about blindness and memory.
(d) With three parables on style and signature.