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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 is Lucrezia amazed by in "The Heart of the Matter"?

2. Who does Bianca see has been waiting for her upon her return to Montefiore?

3. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?

4. What do the dwarves grant Michelotto permission to do in "Fire and Ivy"?

5. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

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

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

5. What does Lucrezia discover about the gondolier in Part 4?

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

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

8. Who is Ranuccio Vecchia?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the motif of jealousy. Who is jealous of whom and why? What does this jealousy lead the character(s) to do?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolism in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". What are some examples of symbolism in the novel? What does the mirror symbolize? What does the branch symbolize?

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