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

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

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

4. How does Master Osman think of his miniaturists?
(a) As if they are his children.
(b) As if they are guilty.
(c) As if they are above the law.
(d) As if they have disappointed him greatly.

5. Which of the following characters is the murderer?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Stork.
(c) Black.
(d) Olive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Master Osman believe he and Black will be able to find the truth about the drawing?

2. What does Master Osman sense as he is looking at the work of Bihzad?

3. How does Master Osman feel when he finds Shah Tahmasp's Book of Kings?

4. What is delivered while Master Osman and Black are examining the illustrations?

5. Where is Master Osman summoned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Butterfly and Black find when they enter the coffeehouse?

2. What realization do Black and the other artists come to as they reminisce?

3. What is Butterfly disappointed about and what is he excited about?

4. What does the Commander of the Imperial Guard do to Black?

5. What does Esther tell Black?

6. What does Black tell the clerk at the Head Treasurer's chamber and what does he think might happen if it doesn't go well?

7. Where does Black take Shekure, Hayriye and Esther?

8. What does Hasan threaten and what happens while they are arguing?

9. What returns for the funeral and how is it described?

10. What two ways does Stork use to draw his horse?

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