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

2. Why does Alessandra want medicine in Chapter 9?
(a) Because she wants an excuse to see the painter.
(b) Because her stomach hurts.
(c) Because she has been having trouble sleeping.
(d) Because of a headache.

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

4. In Chapter 1, why does Alessandra want to learn from the painter?
(a) Because she wants to earn money to move away from home.
(b) Because she doesn't get to go to school.
(c) Because she is also an artist.
(d) Because she thinks he is attractive.

5. Who does Alessandra wait for her father with in Chapter 1?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) She waits alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Erila interrupt Alessandra's painting in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Alessandra have an escort in Chapter 5?

3. What does Alessandra do when she hears a noise in the chapel in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Alessandra have problems dancing?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 10, where are the French?

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