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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 is the mother describing in the following text: "They let them eat there, and smoke, and make music if they want to!"?
(a) The city.
(b) The vineyards.
(c) Her home.
(d) Prison.

2. Who says, "I'm happy. When I say 'yes', I say it because I mean it"?
(a) The bride.
(b) The son.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) The mother.

3. Who does the mother reminisce about by noting that he is now the same age as the bride would be on her wedding day?
(a) Her dead son.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her grandchild.

4. Of the items the mother mentions her husband grew, which one "dried up"?
(a) His flowers.
(b) His trees.
(c) The Juniper plant.
(d) The bushes.

5. What does the mother tell her son to buy his fiancée?
(a) A ring.
(b) A dress.
(c) A necklace.
(d) Lace stockings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?

2. What is the father talking about when he says, "Every sprig a coin of silver"?

3. What does the servant ask the bride to do after the son and mother have left?

4. What does the mother claim the son "never touches"?

5. Who is the mother talking about when she says "my mouth fills with mud"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the woodcutters argue with the moon about when they first meet?

2. How does the mother-in-law tell her daughter to mourn Leonardo?

3. What reason does the bride give her servant for not wanting to get married?

4. During the conversation between the bride and Leonardo just before her wedding day, what does Leonardo blame the bride for?

5. How does Leonardo treat his wife after his mother-in-law mentions he once dated her cousin?

6. What does the bride tell the groom when she leaves the party after the wedding?

7. What does the bride say towards the servant girls when talking about getting married just after her wedding?

8. What questions does Leonardo asks the bride while they are hiding in the woods, and what does this say about their escape?

9. What item do the servant girls bother the bride about after the wedding and how does she react towards them?

10. What does the mother-in-law talk to her daughter about when they arrive at the house after the deaths of Leonardo and the son?

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