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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many suitors does Shekure have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

5. When does Shekure indicated she will marry Black?
(a) After her father dies.
(b) As soon as possible.
(c) When she can move back home.
(d) After the book is finished.

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

7. Why did Black and his brother bribe the judge?
(a) To cover up Enishte's death.
(b) To secretly bury Enishte's body.
(c) To get the proxy who gives the divorce easily.
(d) To perform the ceremony so quickly.

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

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

10. Why doesn't Shekure respond to Hasan's threats?
(a) She doesn't know what to say.
(b) She doesn't want t encourage him.
(c) She doesn't have time before she has to leave.
(d) She doesn't fear him.

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

12. What does the woman who approaches Black after he leaves Enishte give to him?
(a) A letter.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A book.
(d) A coin.

13. For what is Enishte grateful to the murderer for?
(a) Preventing problems from Erzurumis.
(b) For not killing him earlier.
(c) For doing what he thinks is right.
(d) For protecting the secret book.

14. Why does the murder draw pictures for the storyteller?
(a) So that others won't accuse him of being conceited.
(b) So that he fits in with the others that are present.
(c) So that he can cover up his crime.
(d) So that he can watch for his next victim.

15. When are Black and Shekure to marry?
(a) That afternoon.
(b) The next week.
(c) That night.
(d) In the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Enishte and the murderer talk about in regard to their art?

2. Who do Esther and Black talk about?

3. How does Butterfly answer the question?

4. What caused Shevket to accept his father is dead?

5. What is Shekure waiting for?

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