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

2. What physical attribute does this son have?

3. Which dwarf has a red beard?

4. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?

5. Who kisses Bianca in "Fire and Ivy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the dwarves eat soup in Part 3?

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

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

4. Who is Michelotto?

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

6. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

7. What happens when Vicente talks aloud in his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?

8. How does Lucrezia poison Bianca in "Two Bites from the Apple"?

9. Why did Ranuccio go to Cirocenia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the imagery in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". What are some examples of imagery in the novel and what is the meaning behind them?

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