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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman who approaches Black after he leaves Enishte give to him?

3. Who does Enishte want to write the stories that will go along with the illustrations?

4. Where does Esther take the letter before she goes to see Black?

5. How does Olive answer the question?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Enishte tell the murderer is the third stage of patronage of the arts?

3. What premise does Hayriye give for leaving and what does Orhan know about the real reason?

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

5. What does Esther believe about the letter that she has just delivered to Black and how does she explain her reasoning?

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

7. What does Shekure tell the boys to do and when they don't immediately want to listen what does she tell them?

8. What does the letter to Black say?

9. What do the illustrations show that Enishte shows Black?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of idolatry weaved throughout the novel? Which character seems to be most involved in this theme? Why do you think this is the case?

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of including the information about the next Sultan's smashing the clock? Do you think this was important to include in the novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do the actions of the characters symbolize the progressive style of art? Do you think this was intentional on the part of the author? If so, why? If not, why not?

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