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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Bianca to announce the visitors' arrival in "Trouble and His Sister"?
(a) Duc de Valentinois.
(b) Primavera.
(c) Vicente.
(d) A dwarf.

2. Who narrates "A Pack of Dirty Thieves"?
(a) Lucrezia.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Vicente.
(d) A dwarf.

3. What is the name of Bianca's mother?
(a) Lucrezia.
(b) Primavera.
(c) Her name is unknown.
(d) Maria Ines.

4. Who does Lucrezia fire in "Bianca Awake"?
(a) The estate's overseer.
(b) The stableboy.
(c) The gardener.
(d) Bianca's favorite maid.

5. Who is Prince Dschem?
(a) The youngest son of Turkish king Mahomet II.
(b) Lucrezia's lover.
(c) The eldest son of Italy's ruling dynasty.
(d) A cousin of Lucrezia.

6. How might one describe Bianca's relationship with Primavera?
(a) Primavera treats Bianca like an alien or criminal.
(b) Primavera is very competitive with Bianca.
(c) Primavera is jealous of Bianca.
(d) Primavera is the closest thing Bianca has ever had to a mother.

7. What does Lucrezia threaten to do if Ranuccio does not do what he is told in Part Two?
(a) Burn down Montefiore.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Do away with Primavera.
(d) Poison his fiance.

8. Who is Ranuccio?
(a) Primavera's grandson.
(b) Lucrezia's nephew.
(c) Vicente's brother.
(d) Bianca's brother.

9. Who is Lucrezia unsuccessful at firing in Part Two?
(a) Primavera.
(b) The stableboy.
(c) The overseer.
(d) Fra Ludovico.

10. What is found in the mud in Part One?
(a) A map.
(b) A ring.
(c) A potion in a bottle.
(d) A mirror.

11. Why does Ludovico act strangely when Lucrezia visits Montefiore?
(a) To make Lucrezia feel unwelcome.
(b) To seduce Lucrezia.
(c) To make Lucrezia feel welcome.
(d) To avoid getting into trouble with the Borgia family.

12. Who gave Vicente a passage to Greece in Part Two?
(a) Vicente's brother.
(b) Two fishermen brothers.
(c) Lucrezia's bodyguard.
(d) Prince Dschem.

13. How old is Lucrezia in 1502?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Forty.

14. What had Ranuccio previously met in the woods next to a waterfall?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A leprechaun.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A dwarf.

15. How long does Bianca's father leave for in "Don't Leave, Don't Follow"?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in Part One of the story?

2. What does Bianca overhear Lucrezia asking the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

3. What is Bianca's father doing at the lake in "The Name of the World"?

4. Who is the author of "Mirror Mirror"?

5. What is drawn in the external walls of the family home in "Don't Leave, Don't Follow"?

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