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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What reminds Margot of her mother's death?
(a) Sister Agata's death.
(b) The abbess' death.
(c) Sister Gemma's death.
(d) A movie she sees.

4. What does Sandro think about the day so far after he and Margot are done eating?
(a) It is the most humiliating day of his life.
(b) It is the most wonderful day of his life.
(c) It has been a profitable day.
(d) It has been a confusing day.

5. What does the Bishop want to see?
(a) The new frescoes.
(b) The book Margot has been restoring.
(c) Margot.
(d) Alessandro.

6. What does Margot ask Sandro about the book she is reconditioning?
(a) How he would get the stains off the cover sheet.
(b) What he would have done with the money from his double-crossing.
(c) What he would do about the back cover.
(d) If the book had any influence on his decision to leave.

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

8. Where does Margot go every afternoon to work on a book?
(a) The professor's apartment.
(b) Alessandro's apartment.
(c) The monastery.
(d) The museum.

9. With what does Sandro think Margot is in love?
(a) Older men.
(b) Romance.
(c) Herself.
(d) Italy.

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

11. With whom does Margot spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day?
(a) No one.
(b) Her father.
(c) Alessandro.
(d) The nuns.

12. What concerns Sister Gemma?
(a) The abbess dying.
(b) Sister Agata dying without the Last Rites.
(c) Sister Agata telling secrets when she is delirious.
(d) Alessandro having to go into the hospital.

13. Who does Margot think should get the money from the sale of the book she is restoring?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) The Venice museum.
(c) The sisters.
(d) Alessandro.

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

15. Who does Margot want to say goodbye to in private?
(a) Aretino.
(b) Sister Gemma.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Sandro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alessandro and Margot discuss concerning the book she is restoring?

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

3. What does Madre Badessa say about herself to Margot?

4. What is Sandro preparing to do in regard to Margot?

5. With what does Sandro have difficulty when he and Margot are eating?

(see the answer keys)

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