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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. What is Butterfly working on?

2. Where does Black go to start his investigation?

3. Why doesn't Shekure respond to Hasan's threats?

4. Who does the Sultan plan to offer the secret book to?

5. Why is Black actually asking the miniaturists Master Osman's questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Esther's first stop before delivering Black's letter to Shekure and what is the tone of Black's letter?

2. What is in Hasan's letter?

3. How did Enishte and Black meet and what caused their relationship to end?

4. What does Stork believe happens when an illustrator stops aiming for perfection?

5. How does Esther feel when she leaves Hasan's house and why does she feel this way?

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

7. What is the purpose of Black asking the miniaturists Master Osman's questions?

8. What does Orhan recount that Enishte and Black discussed in regard to Elegant and the cause of his murder?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author of the novel incorporate the theme of joy of seeing being more important than the joy of living into the novel? Do you agree with this theme? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways are the various settings important throughout the novel? Could the themes and actions of the novel be as well developed in any setting? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did Olive escape from the other artists? Do you think they tried with all of their best skills to stop him? Why or why not?

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