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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. Who does Ellena suspect Spalatro is?
(a) An agent of the Marchesa di Vivaldi.
(b) A hired assassin.
(c) A government spy.
(d) Her brother.

2. How long is Ellena's journey in Chapter 18?
(a) Eight hours.
(b) Two days and two nights.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

3. What do the nuns try and do for Ellena when she arrives at the convent in Chapter 25?
(a) Make her sing for them.
(b) Take her to Vivaldi.
(c) Take her to a doctor.
(d) Dispel her sorrow.

4. In Chapter 18, where does Ellena's journey take her?
(a) An abandoned building.
(b) Her hometown.
(c) The plains of Apulia.
(d) Vivaldi's family home.

5. What is Vivaldi told when he summons the jailer to detain the monk in Chapter 27?
(a) It is a pistol shot.
(b) That no one is near him.
(c) To be silent.
(d) It is a barking dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will no one tell Vivaldi about the mysterious monk in Chapter 26?

2. In Chapter 26, what does the monk tell Vivaldi he will witness during the next day's questioning?

3. What does the Marchesa di Vivaldi confess on her deathbed?

4. What does Spaltaro allow Ellena to do before dinner?

5. What is Vivaldi questioned about during the Inquisition's fourth questioning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who appears in Chapter 29 to testify against Schedoni, and what do they verify?

2. What does the guide tell Schedoni about Spaltaro in Chapter 23, and what does Schedoni do in response?

3. What happens when Vivaldi asks the jailer to capture the monk, and what other tale does he tell the tribunal?

4. Who does Ellena run into in a cloister of people, and what does this person reveal to Ellena in Chapter 30?

5. How does Vivaldi feel about the monk's tale that he relates to the Tribunal, and what does the monk do in response?

6. Why does Ellena believe that Schedoni came to save her from Spaltaro?

7. Who is the mysterious monk, and what does he claim is true about Schedoni, and what does he produce to verify his story?

8. What does Ellena suspect when Spaltaro brings her breakfast, and what does she do because of this suspicion?

9. What does Vivaldi refuse to tell the Tribunal of the Inquisition, and how is his refusal met?

10. Who are the two people the Tribunal summons at the start of Chapter 28, how are they questioned, and what do they testify to?

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