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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. Who do Esther and Black talk about?
(a) Olive.
(b) Master Osman.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Shekure.

2. What does Shekure have Hayriye take to Elegant's widow?
(a) A basket of food.
(b) Halva.
(c) An illustration.
(d) A letter.

3. Who ends up delivering the letter to Black?
(a) Shevket.
(b) Shekure.
(c) Orhan.
(d) Esther.

4. How has Hasan ruined his chances with Shekure?
(a) He refuses to let her leave her room.
(b) He has treated her badly.
(c) He murdered his brother.
(d) He has confessed his plan to Black.

5. Where does Esther take the letter before she goes to see Black?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) To Hasan.
(c) To the Sultan.
(d) To Enishte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shekure waiting for?

2. What does Shevket bring back to Black?

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

4. How does Butterfly answer the question?

5. What is Butterfly working on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Orhan sees Black?

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

3. What does Enishte wonder about Shekure and Black?

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

5. What does Shekure give Black and yet still insist upon before they can be together?

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

7. What are the illustration techniques a blend of?

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

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

10. What story does the murderer tell Enishte instead of telling him his agenda?

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