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

2. What part of the house does Bianca not know the whereabouts of in "A Hole in the World"?
(a) The toilet.
(b) The closet.
(c) The stairs.
(d) The door.

3. How does Lucrezia feel when she is headed for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) Confused.
(b) Ill at ease.
(c) Happy.
(d) Calm.

4. Who or what do the dwarves visit in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Bianca's coffin.
(c) The church.
(d) Montefiore.

5. What is Lucrezia overjoyed by in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) The prospect of supreme knowledge and immortality.
(b) The news that Bianca is awake.
(c) The news that she will become the new head of Italy.
(d) The news that she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lucrezia have a second child with in "Thais"?

2. Who tells Vicente that Bianca is dead?

3. What does Michelotto do when he sees a signal relating to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

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

5. Who does Bianca meet in the woods in "A Figure in the Clearing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucrezia head for the palace of the Doge in "The Heart of the Matter"?

2. How does the eighth dwarf help Vicente in Part 3?

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

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

5. Why does Lucrezia travel to the palace of the Doge in Part 4?

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

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

8. What does Vicente achieve at the end of "A Beast in the Wall"?

9. Who is Michelotto?

10. Who does Lucrezia give birth to in Part 4?

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