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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. How long after Plautilla's wedding does she announce that she is pregnant?
(a) A few months.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) The day after her wedding.
(d) A few weeks.

2. Why does Alessandra's end the conversation in Chapter 7?
(a) Because they are too loud.
(b) Because she has to leave.
(c) Because she wants to sleep.
(d) Because she doesn't want her children to fight.

3. 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 hides.
(d) She makes the painter check it out.

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

5. In Chapter 3, how does Alessandra feel about marriage?
(a) She thinks the idea is funny.
(b) She longs to be married.
(c) She is afraid of marriage.
(d) She does not want to be married.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Alessandra work on painting?

2. What is traditionally done to nuns after they die?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Alessandra stay up late?

4. In Chapter 1, what is the painter Alessandra's father knows hired for?

5. In Chapter 9, why is it rumored that the murdered bodies will be moved?

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