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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the King feel about Juan?

2. What is the name of the apprentice in love with Paquita?

3. Who does Diego paint a picture of to practice for the big portrait he was sent to Italy for?

4. What does Bartolomy say about the law against slaves painting?

5. What was Don Diego surprised about when he saw Bartolomy's art?

Short Essay Questions

1. What task does the King give Don Diego to distract him from the grief of his wife and daughter's deaths?

2. What does Murillo do after his time at Don Diego' house?

3. What does the King ask Juan to do before he leaves to Seville with Lolis?

4. How does Lolis feel about being a slave?

5. What picture does Juan place among those of Don Diego's in the studio?

6. What is Juan worried will be found while he is in Northern Spain with Don Diego, and what is done about this?

7. What strange ability does Lolis have?

8. What does Diego say during one of the King's sittings that pleases the King?

9. What does Francisco Lezcano say to Juan about their similarities?

10. What does the King give Juan when Don Diego dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances influence that character's involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Miri and Lolis are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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