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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 use to poison Bianca in "An Ivory Comb, My Dear"?
(a) An ivory comb.
(b) A hat pin.
(c) A piece of cake.
(d) A cup of tea.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vicente observe looking at Bianca's coffin in "Vigil"?

2. What do the dwarves tell Bianca they would like returned to them in "The Dwarves"?

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

4. How old is Lucrezia's son Rodrigo when he dies?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bianca remember of Montefiore in "A Hole in the World"? What does her memory lead her to wish for?

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

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

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

6. What news is Vicente told when he returns to Montefiore in Part 3?

7. What does Lucrezia note of Venice in Part 4?

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

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

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

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