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

2. Who does Bianca see has been waiting for her upon her return to Montefiore?
(a) Her favorite dog.
(b) Vicente, Primavera and Ludovico.
(c) Just her father.
(d) No one.

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

4. What does Lucrezia decide that she needs to possess in "Thais"?
(a) Her father's papal robe.
(b) Italy's crown.
(c) Vicente's mirror.
(d) The third apple from The Tree of Knowledge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dwarves seem to share?

2. What did Ranuccio do after releasing Bianca in the woods?

3. Where is Lucrezia floating in "The Heart of the Matter"?

4. What does the dwarves' house not have?

5. At what point was Ranuccio allowed to leave the monastery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Bianca's first meeting with the dwarves like in Part 3?

4. Who is Michelotto?

5. What does Michelotto ask the dwarves permission for in Part 4?

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

7. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about her home and family in "The Dwarves"?

8. What strange things does Bianca observe while staying with the dwarves in "A Hole in the World"?

9. How does Lucrezia poison Bianca in "Two Bites from the Apple"?

10. How does Bianca feel when she returns to Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

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