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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucrezia notice about the dwarves' cottage in "Reflections"?
(a) It has been rebuilt.
(b) It has disappeared.
(c) It has moved.
(d) It has become overgrown.

2. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about the eighth dwarf in "The Dwarves"?
(a) He went to Montefiore to speak to her father.
(b) He is in France somewhere.
(c) He is travelling the world.
(d) He is hiding somewhere in the cottage.

3. Who kisses Bianca in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Prince Dschem.
(b) Cesare.
(c) Michelotto.
(d) Ranuccio.

4. Who allowed Ranuccio to leave the monastery?
(a) The abbot.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) His father.

5. What does Vicente observe about the thing he sees in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) It is moving.
(b) It is pretty.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is shaped like a person.

6. How does the father of Lucrezia's second child in "Thais" die?
(a) French pox.
(b) Small pox.
(c) In a hunting accident.
(d) The plague.

7. What husband is Lucrezia married to by "As-iksr"?
(a) Her fifth husband.
(b) Her fourth husband.
(c) Her second husband.
(d) Her third husband.

8. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?
(a) In a treehouse in Lazio.
(b) In the woods in Tuscany.
(c) At the top of a mountain in Umbria.
(d) In a valley in Marche.

9. Who does Bianca meet in the woods in "A Figure in the Clearing"?
(a) Vicente.
(b) Ranuccio.
(c) Primavera.
(d) Michelotto.

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

11. What does Heartless try to dissuade Bianca from doing in "A Hole in the World"?
(a) Staying at the dwarves' home.
(b) Going to Rome.
(c) Returning to Montefiore.
(d) Cooking.

12. What did Ranuccio go to the monastery to do?
(a) Build up strength.
(b) Study and pray for absolution.
(c) Meet an old friend.
(d) Find some food and shelter.

13. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?
(a) How the dwarves are able to anticipate her every need.
(b) How she cannot seem to remember how to do simple tasks.
(c) The names of the dwarves.
(d) Why she can't return to Montefiore.

14. According to the dwarves, when did the eighth dwarf disappear?
(a) Last spring.
(b) A year ago.
(c) When Vicente left Montefiore.
(d) The previous day.

15. What do the dwarves marvel at in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Bianca's beauty.
(b) Their new form.
(c) The bright sun.
(d) How long it has been since Vicente has visited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the dwarves craft the mirror?

2. Who or what do the dwarves visit in "Fire and Ivy"?

3. Why do the dwarves affix the glass from the mirror to the lid of Bianca's coffin?

4. What does Lucrezia think the creature accompanying Vicente resembles?

5. What does Bianca see when she peers through a window in "A Figure in the Clearing"?

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