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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does her father choose the particular date for Teresina's marriage?
(a) He wants to pacify the ghost.
(b) He wants all his allies to have time to come to the wedding.
(c) It is his and Teresina's mother's anniversary.
(d) The stars seem to auger it.

2. What does Mangus say he will do?
(a) Stop practicing magic.
(b) Whatever he can to help the Count.
(c) Whatever he can to help the King.
(d) Go into voluntary exile.

3. What does Fabrizio take to Mangus?
(a) An invitation from the Prince.
(b) A letter from Scarazoni.
(c) His lunch.
(d) The results of the tarot reading.

4. With whom does Fabrizio talk while he is in the halls?
(a) A servant.
(b) A guard.
(c) A page.
(d) The Princess.

5. What is Fabrizio doing at the opening of the book?
(a) Reading tarot cards.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Bringing his master food.
(d) Flirting with the cook.

6. Where does Mangus have to appear?
(a) In his hometown to help his father.
(b) At the castle.
(c) At a wedding.
(d) At a festival.

7. Who are waiting to meet with Mangus?
(a) The Queen in secret.
(b) Seven highborn nobles.
(c) The King, Queen, Princess, and one other.
(d) The King in secret.

8. What does Mangus say about everything?
(a) He offers a few theories.
(b) He wants to tell the King immediately.
(c) He thinks Fabrizio has made it all up.
(d) He has no reply.

9. What does the King believe will not interfere with Mangus' investigation?
(a) Not believing in ghosts.
(b) The council of nobles.
(c) The bishop.
(d) The King's confessor.

10. What does Teresina say about how the ghost communicates with her?
(a) By automatic writing.
(b) The ghost speaks directly into her mind.
(c) By non-verbal communication.
(d) By pointing to words in a book.

11. What does Mangus suspect once stood in an empty niche?
(a) A knight's coat of arms.
(b) A statue.
(c) A vase.
(d) A chair for the King.

12. What does the Princess believe about the ghost?
(a) It is her former self.
(b) It is the court wizard that was executed many years ago.
(c) It is her grandmother.
(d) It is her brother seeking revenge.

13. What does Rinaldo explain about the servants?
(a) They are to hinder the work of spies.
(b) They have many talents.
(c) They are all related to each other.
(d) They prove their loyalty daily.

14. What happens when Fabrizio finally arrives at the kitchen?
(a) The pot boy trips him.
(b) No one will speak with him.
(c) The cook sits him down and feeds him.
(d) The scullery maid laughs at him.

15. Who is Scarazoni?
(a) Mangus' best friend.
(b) A courier from the King.
(c) A Dukewho is a good friend of Mangus.
(d) A Count who has Mangus tried for magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Queen find in the cabinet with the hidden door?

2. The Count wants whom to avoid seeing Mangus?

3. What happens as Fabrizio is being guided back to his rooms?

4. Who is Mangus?

5. Why does Fabrizio walk around the castle so long?

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