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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. Who allowed Ranuccio to leave the monastery?

2. What does Lucrezia decide to poison Bianca with in "Two Bites from the Apple"?

3. Why does it take some time for the dwarves to notice the unconscious Bianca in "The Oval Window"?

4. What do the dwarves seem to share?

5. Where does Vicente find the branch from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Ranuccio Vecchia?

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

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

10. Who is Michelotto?

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

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 3

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

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