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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. How does Bianca's childhood seem to her in "Montefiore"?

2. Where was the monastery where Ranuccio went after he released Bianca in the woods?

3. Who forbids Michelotto his request in "Fire and Ivy"?

4. Who sends Lucrezia to the open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?

5. What happened to Primavera when Ranuccio revealed the truth to her in Part 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Ranuccio go to Cirocenia?

10. What happens when the dwarves eat soup in Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the mirror? What powers does the mirror possess? How does the mirror impact the lives of the novel's characters? How do the dwarves use the mirror to their advantage?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". Describe Bianca's family and Lucrezia's family. Is family important to them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical context of the novel "Mirror, Mirror". How does Maguire incorporate the real historical figures and the Renaissance into the novel?

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