View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bianca have to find a pump to draw water from in "The Dwarves"?
(a) She wants to clean the very dirty floors.
(b) To wash her face.
(c) She starts her menstrual period.
(d) She is thirsty.

2. What does Vicente notice in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A boulder.
(c) A growing flower.
(d) A tree trunk.

3. What do the dwarves grant Michelotto permission to do in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Open Bianca's glass coffin.
(b) Take BIanca out of the coffin.
(c) Have the coffin moved.
(d) Tell Lucrezia about its existence.

4. What do the dwarves tell Bianca they would like returned to them in "The Dwarves"?
(a) The mirror.
(b) Montefiore.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their dignity.

5. Where does Vicente find the branch from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
(a) Behind glass in a chapel.
(b) In Cesare's private quarters.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In a locked case.

6. Who is no longer able to speak by the chapter "Vicente"?
(a) Fra Ludovico.
(b) Primavera.
(c) The dwarf.
(d) Cesare.

7. What is the name of the palace where Lucrezia is headed in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) The palace of the Doggio.
(b) The palace of the Doge.
(c) The palace of the Dorotello.
(d) The palace of the Dotto.

8. What does Bianca see when she looks around at the beginning of "The Dwarves"?
(a) Tree trunks with smiles.
(b) Boulders with human characteristics.
(c) A bunch of small creatures giggling back at her.
(d) A group of men-like creatures starring back at her.

9. How does Bianca's childhood seem to her in "Montefiore"?
(a) Like a fairy tale.
(b) She cannot remember it.
(c) Both familiar and unfamiliar.
(d) Like it happened yesterday.

10. What led Ranuccio to the monastery after he released Bianca in the woods?
(a) His guilt.
(b) His hunger.
(c) His love of God.
(d) His yearning for the truth.

11. Which dwarf has a red beard?
(a) Gimpy.
(b) Heartless.
(c) Blindeye.
(d) Bitter.

12. Where can the item that Lucrezia needs to possess in "Thais" be found?
(a) In Athens.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In Venice.
(d) In Tuscany.

13. What alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) He stumbles upon the mirror and sees a vision of the coffin.
(b) He is hunting in the woods and sees it.
(c) He sees the ivy burning.
(d) He hears the dwarves talking about it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allowed Ranuccio to leave the monastery?

2. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?

3. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?

4. How has Lucrezia changed since Cesare's death?

5. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about the eighth dwarf in "The Dwarves"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 606 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample