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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 the eighth dwarf do in "A Beast in the Wall"?

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

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

4. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about the eighth dwarf in "The Dwarves"?

5. Why does it take some time for the dwarves to notice the unconscious Bianca in "The Oval Window"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Lucrezia react to the sacred branch in Part 3?

6. How does the eighth dwarf help Vicente in Part 3?

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

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

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

10. What does Michelotto ask the dwarves permission for in Part 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and interpret the character Bianca. What are her defining character traits? Discuss her relationships with her father, the dwarves, Lucrezia and Ranuccio.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". How does Maguire illustrate the motif of death in the novel? Who dies in the novel? How do they die? What is the significance of each death? Why does Lucrezia want Bianca dead? How does Lucrezia regard death?

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