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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. What does Bianca's father do with the item he finds in the mud in Part One?

2. What are being guarded by a community of monks in Greece?

3. What does Primavera hear when she goes to find cooking oil in "A Walk in the Woods"?

4. What does Lucrezia refer to her child with Alfonso de Bisceglie?

5. Who is Fra Ludovico?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Vicente thrown in the sea in Part 2?

2. Who is hiding at Montefiore in Part 2 and why?

3. Who is Maria Ines?

4. Who is Lucrezia?

5. What does Lucrezia have Ranuccio do in Part 2?

6. What does the reader learn about the dwarves in Part 2?

7. What happens when Lucrezia leaves the room to attend to the gooseboy in Part 2?

8. What struggles does Bianca face while her father is away on a business trip in Part 1?

9. What does Bianca remember of her first meeting with Lucrezia?

10. What does Vicente find in the mud in Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Maguire's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why might Maguire use foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

What is the mirror? What powers does the mirror possess? How does the mirror impact the lives of the novel's characters? How do the dwarves use the mirror to their advantage?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Lucrezia. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What makes her the antagonist of the story? What are her goals and ambitions? Why does she dislike Bianca?

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