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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Chelebi?
(a) Hasan's new love interest.
(b) An Erzurumi preacher.
(c) A man who falls in love with a woman he has seen at an open window.
(d) Shekure's mother-in-law.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Olive show Black and Stork to try and gain their favor?
(a) His sword and armor.
(b) The illustrations that he has done in private.
(c) His prayer robe.
(d) Hidden treasure of coins.

8. Who tells Black that Hasan is not home?
(a) Shevket.
(b) A blind beggar.
(c) Chelebi.
(d) Esther.

9. What does Esther do while Black and his men attack the house?
(a) Encourages Shekure to fight Black and his men.
(b) Tries to convince Shekure to leave.
(c) Hides with Shevket.
(d) Takes Hasan's ruby-handled dagger.

10. What is unique about the missing illustration?
(a) It will reveal too many details about the Sultan's life.
(b) It contains most of the gold leaf requisitioned.
(c) It was not completed.
(d) It will embarrass the Sultan.

11. What does Master Osman sense as he is looking at the work of Bihzad?
(a) That he knows who the murderer is.
(b) That Black has found the answer.
(c) That he will soon go blind.
(d) That Elegant's spirit has returned.

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

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

14. What is the murderer drawing a picture of that he becomes frustrated with and erases before he leaves to wander around again?
(a) Horse.
(b) Self-portrait.
(c) God's vision.
(d) Master Osman.

15. Which of the following characters is suspicious and apprehensive when asked to draw a horse?
(a) Osman.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Olive.
(d) Stork.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is the murderer?

2. What happens when Black returns from the funeral?

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

4. How long has Black been back in Istanbul?

5. What does Black demand of the murderer while pressing the dagger against his throat?

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