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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Lucrezia's son Rodrigo when he dies?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

2. Who does Lucrezia have a second child with in "Thais"?
(a) Francisco Gonzaga.
(b) Fiorenzo Grieco.
(c) Flavio Gelmi.
(d) Fedele Galasso.

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

4. 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 travelling the world.
(c) He is hiding somewhere in the cottage.
(d) He is in France somewhere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Greek monastery where Vicente is being held?

2. Who does Bianca see has been waiting for her upon her return to Montefiore?

3. How does Bianca's childhood seem to her in "Montefiore"?

4. What is the name of the son that Lucrezia gives birth to in "Thais"?

5. Why does it take some time for the dwarves to notice the unconscious Bianca in "The Oval Window"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bianca notice of the people at Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

2. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

3. What does Ranuccio deny Michelotto? What does Ranuccio do in his place?

4. What does Nextday tell Bianca about the mirror in Part 3?

5. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

6. What do the dwarves do to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

7. How does Lucrezia react to the sacred branch in Part 3?

8. What happens when Vicente talks aloud in his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?

9. What does Lucrezia see in the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

10. What happens when the dwarves eat soup in Part 3?

(see the answer keys)

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