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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Shekure drag her father's body?
(a) To the outhouse.
(b) To the summer painting room.
(c) To his workshop with the blue door.
(d) To her own room.

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

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

4. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?
(a) Because paper has become difficult to find.
(b) Because the Sultan has declared it illegal to make books.
(c) Because the librarian was murdered.
(d) Because the patron of the book is banished.

5. What does the murderer pick up before he confesses his crime?
(a) A rope.
(b) A large and heavy stone
(c) An ink pot.
(d) A copy of the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shekure see when she comes back to her room?

2. What does Enishte ask Black to investigate?

3. What causes Shekure to stop spying?

4. Why does Black believe there is rioting at the Sultan's palace?

5. What signals Esther that Shekure wants her to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elegant believe about his death and what does he warn about?

2. What happens before Olive can show Black any of the specific illustrations?

3. What does Enishte wonder about Shekure and Black?

4. Why is the proxy judge tense for a moment before granting the divorce?

5. What is Esther's first stop before delivering Black's letter to Shekure and what is the tone of Black's letter?

6. What does Elegant encourage the faithful to do and how does he do this?

7. What are the illustration techniques a blend of?

8. What does Stork believe happens when an illustrator stops aiming for perfection?

9. What does Orhan recount that Enishte and Black discussed in regard to Elegant and the cause of his murder?

10. What is in Hasan's letter?

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