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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What husband is Lucrezia married to by "As-iksr"?

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

3. What does Vicente notice in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?

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

5. What does Michelotto ask the dwarves for in "Fire and Ivy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Michelotto?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What mystery surrounds the mirror? What questions might one ask about the mirror as the novel progresses? Do these questions get answered?

Essay Topic 2

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel "Mirror, Mirror"?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Bianca. What are her defining character traits? Discuss her relationships with her father, the dwarves, Lucrezia and Ranuccio.

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