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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. What does Stork say that illustrating with skill is the only way to escape?
(a) Debt.
(b) Death.
(c) Time.
(d) Blindness.

2. Who ends up delivering the letter to Black?
(a) Esther.
(b) Orhan.
(c) Shevket.
(d) Shekure.

3. Who does Shekure ask to deliver the next letter to Black?
(a) Her father.
(b) Esther.
(c) Orhan.
(d) Shevket.

4. What makes Black suspicious about all three artists?
(a) The quality of their illustrations.
(b) The way they avoid answering the question.
(c) The use of the color red.
(d) Their nervous habits.

5. Why does Black believe there is rioting at the Sultan's palace?
(a) Because the Sultan has murdered people.
(b) Because the value of money has declined.
(c) Because so many people are disappearing.
(d) Because there is not enough food to feed the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Enishte say that Black is finishing the book?

2. Where does Shekure drag her father's body?

3. What does Esther tell Shekure when she gives him the two letters?

4. Why does her son refuse to deliver the letter to Black?

5. What does Enishte say that no art is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shekure give Black and yet still insist upon before they can be together?

2. How does Shekure feel about Black?

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

4. What is a brief history of the secret book and what does Enishte think about the portraits?

5. What does Shekure suspect Esther is doing and how does she propose to deal with it?

6. What does Butterfly show to Black and what is it?

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

8. What is the story of how Black was asked to leave Istanbul?

9. What does Enishte wonder about Shekure and Black?

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

(see the answer keys)

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