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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 did Ranuccio do after releasing Bianca in the woods?
(a) He travelled across the sea.
(b) He got married and then his wife died.
(c) He joined the army.
(d) He left Montefiore.

2. What does the dwarves' house not have?
(a) Windows.
(b) Floors.
(c) A ceiling.
(d) A fireplace.

3. Who narrates "Montefiore"?
(a) Ranuccio.
(b) The dwarves.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Bianca.

4. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?
(a) Why she can't return to Montefiore.
(b) How she cannot seem to remember how to do simple tasks.
(c) How the dwarves are able to anticipate her every need.
(d) The names of the dwarves.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ranuccio reveal to Primavera after he released Bianca in the woods?

2. Who or what do the dwarves visit in "Fire and Ivy"?

3. What is the name of the palace where Lucrezia is headed in "The Heart of the Matter"?

4. What is Lucrezia's relationship to the father of this second child in "Thais"?

5. What does the eighth dwarf do in "A Beast in the Wall"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

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

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

4. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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