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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 - The Present - Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Leopold staying at the Fishers' home?
(a) To meet his mother for the first time.
(b) To meet Henrietta.
(c) To attend the school nearby.
(d) To visit Miss Fisher.

2. What does the reader learn of Henrietta's mother in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) She is very young.
(b) She has disappeared.
(c) She is the mistress of a very powerful man.
(d) She is dead.

3. What does Leopold contemplate after reading the letter from Henrietta's grandmother?
(a) Henrietta's family.
(b) His own situation.
(c) His future and how it compares to Henrietta's future.
(d) Henrietta's living situation.

4. What does the reader learn of Henrietta's grandmother and older sister in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) They are cold and standoffish.
(b) They are suffocatingly affectionate.
(c) They are domineering.
(d) They are Henrietta's best friends.

5. What do Henrietta and Madame Fisher talk about in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Madame Fisher's childhood.
(b) Henrietta's grandmother, Leopold and Miss Fisher.
(c) The neighborhood boys and their behavior towards Leopold.
(d) The story behind some of Madame Fisher's favorite objects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leopold realize after reading the letter from Henrietta's grandmother?

2. What is the name of Henrietta's sister?

3. Why was Leopold frustrated at living in a small Italian city?

4. Who does Madame Fisher urge Henrietta to "never distress"?

5. How does Henrietta feel about meeting Miss Fisher's mother?

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