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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucrezia feel when she is headed for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) Calm.
(b) Confused.
(c) Ill at ease.
(d) Happy.

2. Why did this happen to Primavera when Ranuccio revealed the truth?
(a) Because she was so confused.
(b) Because she was so happy.
(c) Because of her propensity for gossip.
(d) Because she was so shocked.

3. Who or what do the dwarves visit in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) The church.
(b) Bianca's coffin.
(c) Rome.
(d) Montefiore.

4. What does Lucrezia think the creature accompanying Vicente resembles?
(a) A malnourished goat.
(b) A drowned rat.
(c) A deformed camel.
(d) A headless dog.

5. Who is Michelotto's father?
(a) Prince Dschem.
(b) Vicente.
(c) Fra Ludovico.
(d) Cesare.

6. What is the name of the eighth dwarf?
(a) Nextday.
(b) Lastday.
(c) Sevenday.
(d) Oneday.

7. What does Bianca see when she peers through a window in "A Figure in the Clearing"?
(a) A man chopping wood.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A stone tree with a serpent wrapped around it.
(d) Lucrezia looking back at her.

8. What alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) He hears the dwarves talking about it.
(b) He is hunting in the woods and sees it.
(c) He sees the ivy burning.
(d) He stumbles upon the mirror and sees a vision of the coffin.

9. Who does Bianca see has been waiting for her upon her return to Montefiore?
(a) No one.
(b) Vicente, Primavera and Ludovico.
(c) Just her father.
(d) Her favorite dog.

10. What does Lucrezia decide that she needs to possess in "Thais"?
(a) Her father's papal robe.
(b) Italy's crown.
(c) The third apple from The Tree of Knowledge.
(d) Vicente's mirror.

11. What does Heartless try to dissuade Bianca from doing in "A Hole in the World"?
(a) Staying at the dwarves' home.
(b) Returning to Montefiore.
(c) Going to Rome.
(d) Cooking.

12. What does Lucrezia become obsessed with in "Thais"?
(a) The mirror.
(b) The apple.
(c) Her youth.
(d) Montefiore.

13. What does Lucrezia do when she heads for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) She washes her hair in the water.
(b) She sings a merry tune.
(c) She throws her jewelry in the water.
(d) She instructs the gondolier to turn back toward the city.

14. Who narrates the chapter called "As-iksr"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Vicente.

15. What does Vicente notice in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) A growing flower.
(b) A boulder.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tree trunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens the more the dwarves eat?

2. Who is no longer able to speak by the chapter "Vicente"?

3. What does Vicente see on the branch in "A Beast in the Wall"?

4. Who returns to Montefiore with Bianca in "Montefiore"?

5. Who does Bianca meet in the woods in "A Figure in the Clearing"?

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