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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 alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

2. At what point was Ranuccio allowed to leave the monastery?

3. How have the dwarves changed by the chapter "Fire and Ivy"?

4. What part of the house does Bianca not know the whereabouts of in "A Hole in the World"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Ranuccio Vecchia?

4. What does Lucrezia see in the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

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

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

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

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

9. What is Bianca's first meeting with the dwarves like in Part 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Maguire's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why might Maguire use foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different archetypes present in the novel. Are these archetypes commonly found in fairy tales?

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