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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bianca have to find a pump to draw water from in "The Dwarves"?
(a) She starts her menstrual period.
(b) To wash her face.
(c) She is thirsty.
(d) She wants to clean the very dirty floors.

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

3. Who forbids Michelotto his request in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Vicente.
(b) The dwarves.
(c) Ranuccio Vecchia.
(d) Lucrezia.

4. What does Lucrezia believe of the apple from The Tree of Knowledge?
(a) It is powerless.
(b) It will bring her wealth and power.
(c) It holds the secret to immortality.
(d) It will end Bianca's life.

5. What does Lucrezia disguise herself as in "An Ivory Comb, My Dear"?
(a) A tavern wench.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) A dirty, bedraggled monk.
(d) A vagrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the house does Bianca not know the whereabouts of in "A Hole in the World"?

2. What stops Bianca from thinking she is dreaming in "The Dwarves"?

3. What do the dwarves marvel at in "Fire and Ivy"?

4. Where is the Greek monastery where Vicente is being held?

5. What is Theo Bombast von Hohenheim also known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news is Vicente told when he returns to Montefiore in Part 3?

2. What does Ranuccio deny Michelotto? What does Ranuccio do in his place?

3. What does Bianca remember of Montefiore in "A Hole in the World"? What does her memory lead her to wish for?

4. Why does Lucrezia travel to the palace of the Doge in Part 4?

5. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

6. What does Bianca notice of the people at Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

7. How does Bianca feel when she returns to Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

8. What is Bianca's first meeting with the dwarves like in Part 3?

9. What does Nextday tell Bianca about the mirror in Part 3?

10. What strange things does Bianca observe while staying with the dwarves in "A Hole in the World"?

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