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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Black think the story he writes for the strange illustrations will win him?
(a) Shekure.
(b) Elegant's murderer.
(c) Eternal life.
(d) Sultan.

2. Where does the murderer head next?
(a) To spy on Black and Shekure.
(b) To Enishte's home.
(c) To talk to Hassan.
(d) To the place where he killed Elegant.

3. What does Shevket bring back to Black?
(a) An illustration that Shekure completed.
(b) A dead cat.
(c) A new letter from Shekure.
(d) A blank perfumed paper.

4. How does Enishte describe Master Osman?
(a) Deaf and dumb.
(b) Blind and deaf.
(c) Blind and senile.
(d) Senile and dumb.

5. What does Stork say that illustrating with skill is the only way to escape?
(a) Debt.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Death.
(d) Time.

6. 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) He uses words in his pictures.
(d) The Sultan stands alone in the picture.

7. How has Black spent the last twelve years of his life?
(a) Traveling across Persia doing work.
(b) Selling pickles at a local market.
(c) Telling stories to any people that will come.
(d) Hunting for fugitives and murderers.

8. Why do Shevket and Orhan want to observe Black?
(a) He may become their father.
(b) He is well known as a writer.
(c) He is kind to both of them.
(d) He will find Elegant's killer.

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

10. What does Black see when he looks back at the house near the pomegranate tree?
(a) Children watching him ride away.
(b) Enishte watching him carefully.
(c) Elegant's murderer.
(d) His lost love's face.

11. Where does the murderer go when he feels restless and goes for a walk?
(a) To spy on Black.
(b) To visit with Enishte.
(c) To a dervish lodge.
(d) To the Sultan's home.

12. Where does Black want Shekure to meet him?
(a) In the house of the hanged Jew.
(b) At the outhouse.
(c) Where Elegant was murdered.
(d) In her father's work studio.

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

14. What causes Shekure to stop spying?
(a) Her sons come into the room.
(b) Black finds her spying.
(c) Her father calls her.
(d) It is time to head to the house of the hanged Jew.

15. What does Elegant want his family to do when they find his murderer?
(a) Banish him from the country.
(b) Torture him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Take him to a jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shekure ask to deliver the next letter to Black?

2. Who is Black in love with?

3. What does the pickle seller complain about to Black?

4. When are Black and Shekure to marry?

5. What work did Elegant do when he was alive?

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