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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. Why does Enishte say he will not finish the secret book?
(a) Because of Shekure.
(b) Because of the dog.
(c) Because of the Sultan.
(d) Because of the murder.

2. What is Butterfly working on?
(a) Secret book.
(b) Funeral prayer.
(c) Individual letter.
(d) Book of Festivities.

3. Who is Sheikh Muhammad of Isfahan?
(a) The next Sultan.
(b) A wonderful artist.
(c) The narrator in the coffee shop.
(d) Another murderer.

4. What does Enishte ask Black to investigate?
(a) What happened to Orhan.
(b) Elegant's disappearance.
(c) How he can increase his profits.
(d) Shekure's husband's whereabouts.

5. What caused Shevket to accept his father is dead?
(a) His grandfather told him it was so.
(b) His father's body was found and is on its way back home.
(c) His mother had a dream.
(d) His uncle has convinced him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes Black suspicious about all three artists?

3. Where does the murderer head next?

4. Why does Black visit the three miniaturists?

5. Where does Black go to start his investigation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does the murderer tell Enishte instead of telling him his agenda?

2. What happens when Shevket corners Black outside the outhouse?

3. How did Enishte and Black meet and what caused their relationship to end?

4. What does Elegant think his friends and family are thinking he is doing?

5. What happens when Enishte meets up with Butterfly and what description could be used for Butterfly?

6. What does Shekure request must happen before she will marry him and how does Black ensure it happens?

7. What did Black spend the past twelve years doing and how did he support himself?

8. Who does Esther assume the letter is for and why?

9. What are the illustration techniques a blend of?

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

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