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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Margot do on Aretino in Sandro's apartment?
(a) The page analysis.
(b) Everything except the finishing.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The page cleaning.

2. Where does Margot take a train?
(a) Paris.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Basel.
(d) Zurich.

3. What does Madre Badessa ask Margot to bring to her?
(a) An inventory of all books over 200 years old in the library.
(b) A list of supplies Margot needs.
(c) The book Margot is restoring at Alessandro's.
(d) A list of Margot's recommendations for the library.

4. How does Margot attempt to fool the Bishop?
(a) She does not attempt to fool the Bishop.
(b) By sending him an inexpensive pornographic book.
(c) By telling him Sister Agata dies before confessing.
(d) By telling him that Alessandro is in London.

5. When does Margot plan to return to the United States?
(a) Before Thanksgiving.
(b) She does not know.
(c) Before Christmas.
(d) Sometime after the New Year.

6. With whom does Volmaro say he had made an agreement about the book?
(a) Sandro.
(b) The abbess.
(c) No one.
(d) The Bishop.

7. About what does Margot lie to the Bishop?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The whereabouts of the book.
(c) Her relationship with Alessandro.
(d) The cost of the restoration.

8. What month does Sandro decide Margot is?
(a) May.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) July.

9. Where does Margot enjoy living?
(a) At the convent.
(b) In her own hotel suite.
(c) In a room she lets in an old Italian mansion.
(d) In town.

10. What does Sandro think has changed about Margot from when he first met her?
(a) That she is less confident.
(b) That she is more religious.
(c) That she is more aggressive.
(d) That she is no longer hesitant.

11. What does Margot's father tell her when she talks with him on Christmas?
(a) That he is remarrying.
(b) That he has written her out of his will.
(c) That he is considering a move to Texas.
(d) That he is dying.

12. About what does Volmaro say he is being generous?
(a) His agreement to wait for two weeks until Margot makes up her mind.
(b) The price he is offering for Margot's book.
(c) His descriptions of the conditions in North Africa during the war.
(d) The price he heaps on Sandro.

13. What does Sandro appreciate about Margot?
(a) Her willingness to wait for him.
(b) Her desire to better herself.
(c) Her honesty.
(d) Her zest for life.

14. What does Madre Badessa regret?
(a) Staying on as a nun when she was young.
(b) Offering Margot a place at the convent.
(c) Giving Margot the book that she is restoring.
(d) Not seeing Sister Agata before her death.

15. Who is going to help Margot with finishing Aretino?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Signor Cecchi.
(c) Signor Alessandro.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Bishop reprimand Margot?

2. Why does Sandro decide he will not ask Margot to marry him?

3. What reminds Margot of her mother's death?

4. What does Margot want to keep away from the Bishop?

5. What does Sandro think about the day so far after he and Margot are done eating?

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