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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does the abbess challenge Margot?
(a) To think about why God would want some women to become nuns.
(b) To value a book even though it is evil.
(c) To say which vow is the most difficult to keep.
(d) To think about why one becomes a nun.

2. Who introduces herself to Margot as she is exploring?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Abbess.
(c) The museum procurer.
(d) The museum curator.

3. How does Margot replenish the supplies she needs for the library work?
(a) Writing to her father and asking for money.
(b) Asking Alessandro.
(c) Asking the abbess.
(d) She has all the supplies she needs.

4. What is one thing Margot learns about the Catholic Church?
(a) Its conservatism.
(b) Its deterioration.
(c) Its politics.
(d) Its charitable works.

5. What does Father Francisco make clear to everyone?
(a) He does not want to be disturbed unnecessarily.
(b) He is requesting a new assignment.
(c) He is traveling out of town and the ill nun will have to have another priest.
(d) He believes the nuns are wrong to have a library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margot go every afternoon to work on a book?

2. How does Margot feel about the Bishop?

3. What does the abbess in response to Margot's reply to the challenge?

4. Why does Margot's father break down and cry years after her mother dies?

5. Who does not want a visit from the priest?

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