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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 Lucrezia feel when she is headed for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?

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

3. What does the dwarves' house not have?

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

5. How old is Lucrezia's son Rodrigo when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

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

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

5. Why did Ranuccio go to Cirocenia?

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

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

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

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

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 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

Analyze and interpret the imagery in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". What are some examples of imagery in the novel and what is the meaning behind them?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Lucrezia. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What makes her the antagonist of the story? What are her goals and ambitions? Why does she dislike Bianca?

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