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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. What does Shekure tell her boys about her new husband?
(a) That he does not want them around.
(b) That they need to respect him.
(c) That they need to call him father.
(d) That he will take Enishte's place.

2. What does the murderer suggest they do with Master Osman?
(a) Talk to the Sultan about how cruel he is.
(b) Kill him before he turns them in.
(c) Take the illustrations and coins and leave.
(d) Blame him for all of the deaths.

3. Where is Master Osman summoned?
(a) Black's home.
(b) Head Treasurer.
(c) Hasan's home.
(d) To Enshite's home.

4. Why does the murderer tell his companions at the coffeehouse two stories?
(a) To spy on his fellow artists.
(b) To cover up his crimes.
(c) To ease his loneliness.
(d) To hear their point-of-view on the story.

5. What did Enishte's murderer steal from the house?
(a) All of the money in the house.
(b) Nothing.
(c) All of the illustrations for the book.
(d) The final illustration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is the murderer?

2. When the door to the Treasury is opened to let Black and Master Osman go home for the night, what do they request?

3. What regrets does Master Osman have about his own workshop after looking at Bihzad's work?

4. Who comes to summon Master Osman?

5. What does Master Osman complain about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esther feel about the funeral?

2. What does Esther tell Black?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How does Shekure react to Black after she dreams about her father?

8. What does the Head Treasurer apologize for?

9. Where does Black take Shekure, Hayriye and Esther?

10. What does Hasan threaten and what happens while they are arguing?

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