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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. How does Alessandra feel about the order of painting in Chapter 1?
(a) She becomes sad listening to the conversation.
(b) She ignores the discussion.
(c) She wants her sister to leave her alone.
(d) She insists on being first.

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

3. What is rumored to have killed Sister Lucrezia in the convent?
(a) A blood disease.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Heartbreak.
(d) Food poisoning.

4. In Chapter 9, why is it rumored that the murdered bodies will be moved?
(a) So they won't be found in the church.
(b) To keep bad luck away.
(c) No one knows why.
(d) Because they are different genders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, where do Alessandra's parents talk to her about the French?

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

3. When Alessandra wakes up in Chapter 9, why does she wait before going downstairs?

4. How long after Plautilla's wedding does she announce that she is pregnant?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Alessandra sneaks into the painters rooms in Chapter 1?

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

3. What happens when Alessandra tries to paint in Chapter 4?

4. In "Prologue," what happens after Sister Lucrezia dies?

5. What does Alessandra criticize the painter for in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 4, what does Alessandra see in the middle of the night?

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

8. What happens after Cristoforo admits to being a homosexual?

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

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

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