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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juan vow to do for Bartolomy?

2. Who was leery about Diego painting a portrait on his second trip in Italy?

3. How does the new slave in Juan's house feel about being a slave?

4. Why does Francisco Lezcano think he is a slave?

5. What does Don Diego call Juan after the King leaves after the problem of the painting is solved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the King do while he sits for his portraits?

2. What picture does Juan place among those of Don Diego's in the studio?

3. What does Diego do when he finds one of the notes between Del Mazo and Paquita?

4. What does Paquita's mother do when she finds out about her daughter's relationship?

5. What has Juan just painted when he talks to Bartolomy, and what does Bartolomy say about this?

6. What does Bartolomy say about the law against slaves painting?

7. What does Diego say during one of the King's sittings that pleases the King?

8. What happens just after Juan and Don Diego get to Italy for the second time?

9. What is Juan worried will be found while he is in Northern Spain with Don Diego, and what is done about this?

10. What happens when Lolis is asked to be Juan's wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances influence that character's involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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