The Tuscan Child Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why did Cosimo want Joanna to stop asking questions about Sofia and Hugo? (from Chapters 37 - 42)

Cosimo feared that Joanna and Renzo would fall in love and Renzo would leave him.

Cosimo feared that Joanna would uncover the truth about the slaughter of the partisans.

Cosimo feared that Joanna would tell Renzo that Cosimo was the one who betrayed Sofia.

Cosimo feared that Joanna would turn Renzo against him.

2.

Why is Cosimo suspicious of Joanna? (from Chapters 12 - 17)

Cosimo thinks that Joanna wants to claim part of Cosimo's land by claiming she is related to Renzo.

Cosimo thinks that Joanna plans to announce she is a daughter of his.

Cosimo thinks that Joanna is the child of a person who once worked for him and that she has come for backpay.

Cosimo thinks that Joanna is Sofia's daughter by a German who has come to blackmail him.

3.

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

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.

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

4.

Why do Hugo and Sofia refer to the painting of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus as their beautiful boy? (from Chapters 29 - 36)

Because the baby Jesus reminds Sofia of Renzo as an infant.

Hugo and Sofia decide that will be the code by which they refer to the painting.

Because they realize the painting is worth a good deal of money.

Because the baby Jesus looks like a real child instead of a small adult.

5.

Why does Joanna come to the conclusion that Renzo is not her father's son by Sofia? (from Chapters 12 - 17)

Renzo remembers his biological father.

Renzo is too young to be her father's son.

Renzo is too old to be her father's son.

Renzo denies being Sofia's son.

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