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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Alessandra wakes up in Chapter 9, why does she wait before going downstairs?
(a) She is still tired.
(b) She can hear an argument.
(c) She is embarassed to see the painter.
(d) She is afraid of getting in trouble.

2. What does Alessandra like most about Cristoforo's copy of Divine Comedy?
(a) The handwritten notes.
(b) The drawings of hell.
(c) The leather cover.
(d) The flow of the poems.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 10, where are the French?
(a) Northern Italy.
(b) Florence.
(c) Southern Italy.
(d) Still in France.

4. In Chapter 13, what party does Alessandra attend?
(a) A party for a friend's wedding.
(b) A party for the painter.
(c) A party in honor of the church.
(d) A party for her sister's baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra's father leave in Chapter 17?

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

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

4. What does Savonarola most often preach about?

5. Why do the people of Florence begin to go to church more in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alessandra do when the painter doesn't tell her what he thinks of her drawings?

2. In Chapter 16, what happens when Alessandra sneaks out of the house?

3. In Chapter 9, how does Alessandra feel when she wakes up?

4. Why does Cristoforo want to marry Alessandra?

5. Why does Alessandra say she wants to be married in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 7, what does Alessandra's family gossip about?

7. What happens during the church services in Chapter 11?

8. When Alessandra first sits for the painter in Chapter 5, what makes it difficult to speak to him?

9. In Chapter 1, what does Alessandra's father relationship with the painter represent?

10. After the murder in the church, what is the next murder to be discovered?

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