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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the murder of the soul of Elegant?
(a) Surprising.
(b) Betraying.
(c) Relieving.
(d) Atrocious.

2. What secret does the murderer disclose about the secret book?
(a) That it is the reason Elegant was killed.
(b) That it is inferior.
(c) That it is no longer secret and has enemies.
(d) That it needs to be stopped immediately.

3. Who does Shekure tell about Hasan's actions?
(a) Her father-in-law.
(b) Her father.
(c) Esther.
(d) Black.

4. For what is Enishte grateful to the murderer for?
(a) For not killing him earlier.
(b) Preventing problems from Erzurumis.
(c) For doing what he thinks is right.
(d) For protecting the secret book.

5. Which character offers to go to Hindustan to work on a new book?
(a) Master Osman.
(b) Stork.
(c) Sultan.
(d) Olive.

6. How has Black spent the last twelve years of his life?
(a) Hunting for fugitives and murderers.
(b) Telling stories to any people that will come.
(c) Selling pickles at a local market.
(d) Traveling across Persia doing work.

7. What is in Hasan's letter to Shekure?
(a) A threat.
(b) A commitment.
(c) His understanding of their relationship.
(d) His need for her to marry him.

8. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?
(a) Because the patron of the book is banished.
(b) Because the librarian was murdered.
(c) Because the Sultan has declared it illegal to make books.
(d) Because paper has become difficult to find.

9. What is the only thing that Shekure says she thinks about in her letter?
(a) What happened to Elegant.
(b) What her father has said about her and Black.
(c) Her missing husband.
(d) The years Black has been away.

10. How does Shekure's father respond to her inquiry about the meeting between him and Black?
(a) He acts as if he doesn't understand what she is asking.
(b) He makes light of the meeting.
(c) He denies there is a meeting.
(d) He surprises her by saying he wants her to marry him.

11. Why does Black try to keep the wedding secret?
(a) To protect them from Hasan and his men.
(b) To get things done more quickly.
(c) To make it happen before others realize Enishte is dead.
(d) So Shekure will not be shamed.

12. What does Elegant want his family to do when they find his murderer?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Banish him from the country.
(c) Torture him.
(d) Take him to a jail.

13. Where does Shekure find her father's body?
(a) In her room.
(b) Lying on the porch.
(c) In his workshop.
(d) Outside on the lawn.

14. Who is spying on Black?
(a) Shekure.
(b) Hasan.
(c) Orhan.
(d) Sultan.

15. Why is it difficult for Esther to read the letter to Black?
(a) She does not speak the same language.
(b) The handwriting is blurred from the water.
(c) She cannot read script writing.
(d) She is illiterate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Black in love with?

2. What do the others think is wrong with Enishte?

3. Which of the miniaturists also is in love with Shekure?

4. What topics do Hasan and Esther gossip about?

5. What work did Elegant do when he was alive?

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