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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. What does Bianca see when she looks around at the beginning of "The Dwarves"?
(a) A bunch of small creatures giggling back at her.
(b) A group of men-like creatures starring back at her.
(c) Boulders with human characteristics.
(d) Tree trunks with smiles.

2. How does Bianca's childhood seem to her in "Montefiore"?
(a) Both familiar and unfamiliar.
(b) Like a fairy tale.
(c) Like it happened yesterday.
(d) She cannot remember it.

3. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?
(a) In a treehouse in Lazio.
(b) At the top of a mountain in Umbria.
(c) In the woods in Tuscany.
(d) In a valley in Marche.

4. What does Lucrezia notice about the dwarves' cottage in "Reflections"?
(a) It has become overgrown.
(b) It has moved.
(c) It has been rebuilt.
(d) It has disappeared.

5. What stops Bianca from thinking she is dreaming in "The Dwarves"?
(a) She loses her balance.
(b) She grows hungry.
(c) She gets the urge to urinate.
(d) She pricks her finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dwarves tell Bianca they would like returned to them in "The Dwarves"?

2. What is Lucrezia's relationship to the father of this second child in "Thais"?

3. What is the name of the palace where Lucrezia is headed in "The Heart of the Matter"?

4. Who does Bianca see has been waiting for her upon her return to Montefiore?

5. What is Lucrezia amazed by in "The Heart of the Matter"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the dwarves do to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

2. Who does Lucrezia give birth to in Part 4?

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

4. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

5. Why did Ranuccio go to Cirocenia?

6. What does Lucrezia note of Venice in Part 4?

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

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

9. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

10. What does Lucrezia discover about the gondolier in Part 4?

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