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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Black send Esther to go and get before he heads to Hasan's home?
(a) The judge and Head Treasurer.
(b) Reinforcements.
(c) Master Osman.
(d) Shevket.

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

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

4. What does Shekure say must happen before she will sleep with Black?
(a) Enishte must be buried.
(b) The murderer must be caught.
(c) He must finish the book.
(d) Her boys must be grown.

5. Why does Black feel as if he must finish the book?
(a) To honor his mentor.
(b) To complete a process.
(c) To win Shekure.
(d) To prove his innocence.

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

7. Where does Osman believe that the horse that was drawn come from?
(a) The Sultan's private collection.
(b) His unrestricted beliefs.
(c) A person who is pretending to be the artist.
(d) The artist's past.

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

9. 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.

10. Where does Master Osman believe he and Black will be able to find the truth about the drawing?
(a) In the Treasury.
(b) In the Sultan's garden.
(c) In the coffeehouse.
(d) On one of the Venetian coins.

11. Who does Black go to for help finding Shekure?
(a) Esther.
(b) Hasan.
(c) Shevket.
(d) Hayriye.

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

13. What does Master Osman complain about?
(a) Everything ending.
(b) The need to find the murderer.
(c) The fact that one of his miniaturists did this act.
(d) Black's lack of findiing the book.

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

15. What happens when Black returns from the funeral?
(a) A page summons him to the Head Treasurer.
(b) A royal page summons him to the palace.
(c) Master Osman is waiting for him.
(d) Shekure tells him she wants a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther look for between the two murders?

2. What is the daughter in the parable known for in the story Master Osman tells Black?

3. How long are Black and his partner given to examine the clues?

4. Why does Butterfly go into the room where his wife is hiding?

5. What does Esther do while Black and his men attack the house?

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