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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: 1512.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it take some time for the dwarves to notice the unconscious Bianca in "The Oval Window"?
(a) They are preoccupied with deciding where to hang the mirror.
(b) Bianca is underneath a blanket.
(c) The dwarves are not able to easily notice something that does not move.
(d) Bianca is hidden in a closet.

2. Which of the following is NOT true of the mirror?
(a) It is harmful to humans.
(b) It is like an eye.
(c) The dwarves learned how to make the glass from the Venetians.
(d) It distorts the images it sees.

3. Where is the Greek monastery where Vicente is being held?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) Tesophilos.
(d) Attica.

4. Why is Bianca shunned by the other girls living at the family home?
(a) Because she is clumsy and simple.
(b) Because she is poor.
(c) Because she is the landowner's daughter.
(d) Because she is haughty.

5. What does Lucrezia disguise herself as in "An Ivory Comb, My Dear"?
(a) A tavern wench.
(b) A dirty, bedraggled monk.
(c) An elderly woman.
(d) A vagrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Primavera Vecchia?

2. When did Lucrezia and Cesare go to live with their father?

3. How does Lucrezia feel when Vicente returns to Montefiore?

4. Why does Bianca have to find a pump to draw water from in "The Dwarves"?

5. What part of the house does Bianca not know the whereabouts of in "A Hole in the World"?

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