View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the door to the Treasury is opened to let Black and Master Osman go home for the night, what do they request?
(a) To consult with the Sultan.
(b) To bring in all of hte artists.
(c) To take a book home.
(d) To stay all night.

2. Why does the murderer go to the dervish lodge?
(a) To look at the illustration he has hidden there.
(b) Ritual cleaning.
(c) For dinner.
(d) To ponder what to do next.

3. What does Shekure ask Black to do in regard to her boys?
(a) To help them learn the skill of illustrating.
(b) To help them through their mourning.
(c) To take a firm hand with them.
(d) To be patient and forgiving to them.

4. What does Hasan threaten when he comes to Shekure's home?
(a) To tell her father what she has done.
(b) To take her boys away from her.
(c) To kill Black.
(d) The security of her marriage.

5. Where does Master Osman believe he and Black will be able to find the truth about the drawing?
(a) In the coffeehouse.
(b) In the Treasury.
(c) In the Sultan's garden.
(d) On one of the Venetian coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is delivered while Master Osman and Black are examining the illustrations?

2. Why does the murderer tell his companions at the coffeehouse two stories?

3. Who does Black have to work with to solve the murder?

4. Why does Black feel as if he must finish the book?

5. What do Black and Master Osman find when they examine the horses drawn for the contest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the pageboy lead Master Osman?

2. What is Butterfly disappointed about and what is he excited about?

3. What do Butterfly and Black find when they enter the coffeehouse?

4. What do Black, Master Osman and the dwarf do while they are locked in the Inner Treasury?

5. What specifically about the portrait the king requested is life like and how is it told that it is life like?

6. What does Esther tell Black?

7. What do Black and the other artists do to the murderer?

8. What does the Commander of the Imperial Guard do to Black?

9. What does Black tell the clerk at the Head Treasurer's chamber and what does he think might happen if it doesn't go well?

10. What two ways does Stork use to draw his horse?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 759 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample