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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hasan hope to prove his innocence?
(a) By taking care of Shekure.
(b) By finishing the book.
(c) By being tortured.
(d) By going to the judge.

2. What is on the missing picture?
(a) An unskilled self-portrait.
(b) Another picture of the horse.
(c) A picture of God.
(d) A portrait of Master Osman.

3. When the door to the Treasury is opened to let Black and Master Osman go home for the night, what do they request?
(a) To bring in all of hte artists.
(b) To stay all night.
(c) To consult with the Sultan.
(d) To take a book home.

4. Which of the following characters escapes the coffeehouse raid?
(a) Stork.
(b) Master Osman.
(c) Black.
(d) Butterfly.

5. Who does Black prepare to arrange the murder to?
(a) To the Sultan.
(b) To the judge.
(c) To Hasan.
(d) Head treasurer.

6. Why does the murderer tell his companions at the coffeehouse two stories?
(a) To cover up his crimes.
(b) To hear their point-of-view on the story.
(c) To spy on his fellow artists.
(d) To ease his loneliness.

7. Where is Master Osman summoned?
(a) Hasan's home.
(b) To Enshite's home.
(c) Black's home.
(d) Head Treasurer.

8. What does Black demand of the murderer while pressing the dagger against his throat?
(a) To come with them to the Head Treasurer.
(b) For him to confess.
(c) Reason for his crimes.
(d) The missing picture.

9. What is the daughter in the parable known for in the story Master Osman tells Black?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her brains.
(c) Her humor.
(d) Her desire to win.

10. What does the murderer tell his fellow diner that knows nothing of art, that he is a what?
(a) Bihzad.
(b) Infidel.
(c) Ezurumis.
(d) False idol.

11. What does Hasan threaten when he comes to Shekure's home?
(a) The security of her marriage.
(b) To take her boys away from her.
(c) To kill Black.
(d) To tell her father what she has done.

12. Why does Esther have Black stop the attack and Orhan open the door?
(a) Shekure has told her to open the door.
(b) She is afraid of Black.
(c) She wants Black to protect her.
(d) She fears revenge from Hasan.

13. Which object in the illustration can't Black and Master Osman determine who made it?
(a) Bull.
(b) Horse.
(c) House.
(d) Dog.

14. Why does the murderer go to the dervish lodge?
(a) To ponder what to do next.
(b) To look at the illustration he has hidden there.
(c) For dinner.
(d) Ritual cleaning.

15. Who does Black have to work with to solve the murder?
(a) Sultan.
(b) Master Osman.
(c) Shekure.
(d) Hasan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second story that the murderer told about?

2. What does Olive show Black and Stork to try and gain their favor?

3. Where does Master Osman believe he and Black will be able to find the truth about the drawing?

4. Which of the following characters accompanies Master Osman and Black into the Inner Treasury?

5. Why does Olive stop chasing Stork?

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