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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 go to the dervish lodge?
(a) To look at the illustration he has hidden there.
(b) Ritual cleaning.
(c) To ponder what to do next.
(d) For dinner.

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

3. What does Esther do while Black and his men attack the house?
(a) Takes Hasan's ruby-handled dagger.
(b) Encourages Shekure to fight Black and his men.
(c) Tries to convince Shekure to leave.
(d) Hides with Shevket.

4. Why does Black accuse Butterfly of betraying Master Osman?
(a) Because Osman critized his drawing.
(b) Because Osman is cruel.
(c) Because Osman is not blind.
(d) Because he wanted to leave the workshop.

5. Who does Black prepare to arrange the murder to?
(a) To the judge.
(b) Head treasurer.
(c) To the Sultan.
(d) To Hasan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Enishte's murderer steal from the house?

3. What plans do the three officials make?

4. What do Black and Master Osman find when they examine the horses drawn for the contest?

5. What does Black demand of the murderer while pressing the dagger against his throat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the pageboy lead Master Osman?

2. What specifically about the portrait the king requested is life like and how is it told that it is life like?

3. What does Osman wonder about the suspects of the murder and why does he wonder about this?

4. What do Black, Master Osman and the dwarf do while they are locked in the Inner Treasury?

5. How does Esther feel about the funeral?

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

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

8. What do Black and the other artists do to the murderer?

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

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

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