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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Black want Shekure to meet him?
(a) At the outhouse.
(b) In the house of the hanged Jew.
(c) In her father's work studio.
(d) Where Elegant was murdered.

2. What does Black see when he looks back at the house near the pomegranate tree?
(a) Enishte watching him carefully.
(b) Children watching him ride away.
(c) His lost love's face.
(d) Elegant's murderer.

3. Where does the murderer go when he feels restless and goes for a walk?
(a) To visit with Enishte.
(b) To spy on Black.
(c) To a dervish lodge.
(d) To the Sultan's home.

4. What does Black want Shekure to know?
(a) His knowledge of her plans.
(b) His desire to run away.
(c) His love for her.
(d) His plans for the investigation.

5. What is surprising about Stork's picture which has strayed from the style of the old masters?
(a) There is a dog in the picture.
(b) The Sultan stands alone in the picture.
(c) He uses words in his pictures.
(d) The color red is used.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Hasan ruined his chances with Shekure?

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

3. What do Enishte and Shekure discuss after Black leaves?

4. How does Shekure's father respond to her inquiry about the meeting between him and Black?

5. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?

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