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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 Erila respond to the snake tattoo?
(a) With confusion.
(b) With fear.
(c) With fascination.
(d) With humor.

2. Who tells the painter about Alessandra's pregnancy?
(a) Plautilla.
(b) Tomaso.
(c) Alessandra.
(d) Alessandra's mother.

3. Who finishes Alessandra's snake tattoo?
(a) The painter.
(b) Erila.
(c) Alessandra.
(d) A tattoo artist in town.

4. When the painter returns Alessandra drawings to her, what does he ask?
(a) If she is happy.
(b) If he can teach her.
(c) For his drawing back.
(d) For her to keep it a secret.

5. Why does Alessandra say she is writing down her sins in Chapter 49?
(a) Because it is her mother's request.
(b) Because it makes her feel better.
(c) Because she wants the painter to read them.
(d) Because Erila wants her life story.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alessandra returns home in Chapter 37, what does Cristoforo worry about?

2. Where does Alessandra find the book with the inscription from Lorenzo?

3. What upsets Tomaso most about his case of boils?

4. How do the painter and his daughter fund their trip through Europe?

5. What does Alessandra discover when she returns home in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alessandra prepare to end her life?

2. What illnesses does Cristoforo worry about in Chapter 37?

3. What does Alessandra do when she begins to go into labor?

4. What does Alessandra do before the painter leaves the convent?

5. What is Alessandra's life like when the painter is at the convent?

6. Why does the painter come to visit Alessandra in Chapter 21?

7. Why does Cristoforo fake his death?

8. In Chapter 22, what worries Cristoforo about the current political climate?

9. How does Alessandra react to the snake tattoo she sees on the man in the market?

10. Why does the painter end up locking himself in the chapel, even refusing food?

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