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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alessandra have an escort in Chapter 5?
(a) Because she is untrustworthy.
(b) Because she is being painted.
(c) Because she gets lost easily.
(d) Because it is the only job the elderly servant can still do.

2. Why does Alessandra visit the painter before she is married?
(a) To learn to paint.
(b) To see if he will talk her out of the marriage.
(c) To confess her feelings.
(d) To hear his opinion on her work.

3. Why does Alessandra sneak out of the chapel in Chapter 8?
(a) Because she doesn't want to talk to the painter anymore.
(b) Because she could be punished.
(c) Because it is late at night.
(d) Because the noise scared her.

4. Why does Erila interrupt Alessandra's painting in Chapter 4?
(a) To ask her a question.
(b) To bring her food.
(c) To wash her hands.
(d) To help her paint.

5. What does Tomaso say damaged Alessandra before she was born?
(a) Their mother witnessing violence.
(b) Their mother falling.
(c) Their father leaving to fight in a war.
(d) Their father's drinking.

6. Who tells Alessandra about the murder in the church?
(a) The painter.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Tomaso.

7. What does Alessandra do when the painter won't speak to her in Chapter 5?
(a) She teases him.
(b) She keeps changing the subject.
(c) She stops talking.
(d) She yells at him.

8. In Chapter 14, how does Alessandra describe Cristoforo's understanding of her?
(a) That he understands her desires.
(b) That he understands her youth.
(c) That he doesn't understand her at all.
(d) That he understands her education.

9. Why does Alessandra see the painter leave her house at night in Chapter 4?
(a) Because she can't sleep.
(b) Because she was coming home late.
(c) Because she had been following him all day.
(d) Because her sister woke her up to show her.

10. In Chapter 12, how many bodies are found?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

11. Why does Alessandra struggle to paint in Chapter 4?
(a) She feels she lacks the knowledge.
(b) She doesn't have enough paint.
(c) All her brushes are old.
(d) The painter insults her work.

12. How does Savonarola describe the people of Florence?
(a) Old-fashioned.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Troubled.
(d) Weak.

13. Why does Alessandra go to the chapel in Chapter 8?
(a) Because she knows the painter is there.
(b) Because she feels the need to pray.
(c) Because she sees the light on.
(d) Because she finds a note telling her to go there.

14. In Chapter 1, what is the painter Alessandra's father knows hired for?
(a) To paint a mural in town.
(b) To paint a ship.
(c) To paint the capital.
(d) To paint the chapel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra want medicine in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Alessandra meet with the painter in Chapter 12?

3. What does the painter finally talk to Alessandra about in Chapter 5?

4. What does Alessandra see of the painter's in the chapel in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Tomaso see on Alessandra's gown?

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