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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters accompanies Master Osman and Black into the Inner Treasury?
(a) Erzurum.
(b) Enishte.
(c) Agha.
(d) Hasan.

2. What does Shekure tell her boys about her new husband?
(a) That he does not want them around.
(b) That he will take Enishte's place.
(c) That they need to respect him.
(d) That they need to call him father.

3. How does the Head Treasurer feel about Black's story?
(a) He holds him in custody.
(b) He believes him.
(c) He dissolves his marriage to Shekure.
(d) He hangs him.

4. How do Hayriye and Shekure announce Enishte's death to the neighborhood?
(a) They annouce it before they go to prayers.
(b) They take an ad out in th epaper.
(c) They wail and shriek.
(d) They hang a black flag from the roof.

5. What does Black find in Olive's home?
(a) Illustrations the storyteller had used.
(b) Osman's possessions.
(c) Elegant's drawing.
(d) Drawings of the horse.

6. How does Master Osman feel when he finds Shah Tahmasp's Book of Kings?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Angered.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Disgusted.

7. Why can't Black and the dwarf share Osman's joy about the books they are examining?
(a) They are not sure what he is talking about.
(b) They are busy looking themselves.
(c) They don't appreciate art or history like he does.
(d) They think he is losing his mind.

8. What does Esther bring to Shekure?
(a) A letter from Hasan.
(b) A gift for her boys.
(c) The last illustration.
(d) Condolences from Black.

9. What does the murderer plan to do next?
(a) To leave and hide somewhere until he can escape.
(b) Go and turn himself in to the Head Treasurer.
(c) Kill all of the poeple who have just found out what he did.
(d) Answer a summons to work on an important book.

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

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

12. How long has Black been back in Istanbul?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

13. Who does Hasan believe murdered Eshite?
(a) Shekure.
(b) Black.
(c) Sheyket.
(d) No one.

14. What regrets does Master Osman have about his own workshop after looking at Bihzad's work?
(a) That his workshop was unable to finish their work.
(b) That his workshop never came close to that quality.
(c) That his workshop had not employed Bihzad.
(d) That his workshop will now have to end.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Black go to for help finding Shekure?

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

3. Why does Olive stop chasing Stork?

4. What is on the missing picture?

5. Who does Black have to work with to solve the murder?

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