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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 does Beatrice say her father would tell Giovanni if he was there?

2. What is the first words Beatrice states to Giovanni?

3. What does Beatrice say the purple plant nourished her with?

4. What does Beatrice say is her father's world?

5. What does Beatrice say she has done for the first time in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baglioni think the story relates to Giovanni?

2. How does Beatrice react to Giovanni's accusations?

3. Why does Beatrice say she feels so close to the purple plant?

4. What affect do Baglioni's words have on Giovanni?

5. What is Giovanni's impression os Beatrice during their first meeting?

6. How does Giovanni kill the spider?

7. What does Giovanni tell Beatrice about the potion?

8. Why does Beatrice say she is so angry at her father?

9. Why doesn't Giovanni want to see Baglioni in this section?

10. How does Giovanni react to Baglioni's claims that Beatrice is manipulating him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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