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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alessandra fear when she sees the painter leave in the middle of night in Chapter 4?
(a) That he is in trouble.
(b) That he is running away.
(c) That he is a thief.
(d) That he is visiting prostitutes.

2. What does Alessandra do when she hears a noise in the chapel in Chapter 8?
(a) She ignores it.
(b) She calls out to it.
(c) She makes the painter check it out.
(d) She hides.

3. What does the painter finally talk to Alessandra about in Chapter 5?
(a) Techniques.
(b) Servants.
(c) Money.
(d) Florence.

4. What does Sister Lucrezia want done with the nun's body in "Prologue"?
(a) She wants to put two rosaries on the nun's body.
(b) She wants the body to be put in a vault in the church.
(c) She wants it buried in new clothes.
(d) She wants it buried in the clothes the nun was wearing when she died.

5. After discussing Plautilla's pregnancy in Chapter 7, what does Tomaso change the subject to?
(a) His work.
(b) Alessandra's painting.
(c) The painter.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra struggle to paint in Chapter 4?

2. How does Alessandra feel about her father going on the trip with the painter in Chapter 1?

3. Who tells Alessandra about the murder in the church?

4. In Chapter 1, why does Alessandra want to learn from the painter?

5. Why does Alessandra sneak out of the chapel in Chapter 8?

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