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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 do Black and Master Osman find when they examine the horses drawn for the contest?
(a) Osman could no longer see and had gone blind.
(b) No one seemed to follow the directions.
(c) They are of a much poorer quality than the other drawings.
(d) None have the strange nostrils.

2. What does Esther bring to Shekure?
(a) A letter from Hasan.
(b) The last illustration.
(c) Condolences from Black.
(d) A gift for her boys.

3. What regrets does Master Osman have about his own workshop after looking at Bihzad's work?
(a) That his workshop was unable to finish their work.
(b) That his workshop had not employed Bihzad.
(c) That his workshop never came close to that quality.
(d) That his workshop will now have to end.

4. What happens when Black returns from the funeral?
(a) Shekure tells him she wants a divorce.
(b) Master Osman is waiting for him.
(c) A page summons him to the Head Treasurer.
(d) A royal page summons him to the palace.

5. Who does Black go to for help finding Shekure?
(a) Hasan.
(b) Hayriye.
(c) Esther.
(d) Shevket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the door to the Treasury is opened to let Black and Master Osman go home for the night, what do they request?

3. What does the murderer tell his fellow diner that knows nothing of art, that he is a what?

4. Why does Esther have Black stop the attack and Orhan open the door?

5. What does Hasan threaten when he comes to Shekure's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Esther feel about the funeral?

3. What does the Head Treasurer apologize for?

4. What does Butterfly explain while Black searches for the illustrations?

5. What do Black and Master Osman do to help them figure out who drew all of the illustrations?

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

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

8. What stories does Master Osman tell and what is his purpose in looking at the books?

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

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

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