The Tuscan Child Quiz

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Why is Sophia pleased to see mushrooms growing around the monastery? (from Chapters 12 - 17)

Sophia believes that the mushrooms indicate the winter will be mild.

Sophia uses the mushrooms as a reason to go into the woods.

Sophia plans to use the mushrooms as food for Hugo.

Sophia knows the mushrooms have properties that can keep Hugo's leg from getting infected.

Why do most of the people around San Salvatore believe that Gianni was killed? (from Chapters 24 - 28)

The people are undecided why Gianni would have been murdered.

The people believe that Gianni was a threat to Cosimo.

The consensus is that Gianni was mixed up in the black market and probably died because of those dealings.

The people believe that Gianni had an affair with the wrong man's wife.

In Chapter 26, why does Paola assume that Joanna's father was a true believer in the saints? (from Chapters 24 - 28)

Paola assumes Hugo was a true believer in the saints when Joanna shows her a saint's medal she found in her father's things.

Paola assumes Hugo was a true believes since Joanna is willing to attend the religious festival.

Paola assumes Hugo was a true believer when she hears that Hugo's wound was cured and he never even walked with a limp.

Paola does not assume that Hugo was a true believer because she had heard the English were not typically religious.

Why is Joanna worried when she learns that she has a half-brother? (from Chapters 6 - 11)

Joanna worries that the brother will insist that he be given all of Hugo's things.

Joanna needs the money she will inherit from her father to survive.

Joanna thinks that if her father did not tell her about the brother, she was not meant to meet him.

Joanna worries that the brother will want a relationship.

Why did Hugo cover the basement stairs with rubble? (from Chapters 37 - 42)

Hugo covered the stairs with rubble to hide the basement from the Germans.

Hugo covered the stairs with rubble to hide the basement from the villagers of San Salvatore.

Hugo covered the stairs with rubble so no one would know he was hiding in the basement.

Hugo did not cover the stairs with rubble.