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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 Alessandra send her mother away in Chapter 25?
(a) Cristoforo is coming home soon.
(b) She dislikes the gift.
(c) She isn't feeling well.
(d) She is angry with her.

2. What does Alessandra discover when she returns home in Chapter 29?
(a) That more painters have moved in.
(b) That her sister is also there.
(c) That the library books were stolen.
(d) That her parents are gone.

3. Why does Alessandra assume the painter is the father of her child?
(a) Because her daughter has his coloring.
(b) Because her daughter speaks like him.
(c) Because her daughter prefers to paint.
(d) Because her daughter smiles like the painter.

4. How do the painter and his daughter fund their trip through Europe?
(a) They perform on the street.
(b) They sell their paintings.
(c) They sell parts of the Dante manuscript.
(d) They use his trust fund.

5. Why does Erila learn how to tattoo?
(a) To make extra money.
(b) So she can leave Alessandra one day.
(c) To help Alessandra keep the snake painting on her skin.
(d) Because she likes the man who teaches it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Erila want Alessandra to stay in her bed in Chapter 28?

2. Why does Cristoforo say Savonarola is losing power in Chapter 41?

3. What upsets Tomaso most about his case of boils?

4. Why does Savonarola visit the convents in Chapter 28?

5. Why does Alessandra say she is writing down her sins in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cristoforo react to Tomaso and the painter being arrested?

2. How does Savonarola respond to being excommunicated?

3. In Chapter 22, what worries Cristoforo about the current political climate?

4. Why is the painter arrested?

5. Why does Alessandra apologize to her mother in Chapter 35?

6. How do the French affect Alessandra's life in Chapter 20?

7. What does Alessandra do when she begins to go into labor?

8. How does Alessandra react to the snake tattoo she sees on the man in the market?

9. How does Alessandra grow closer to the painter when he stays with her and Cristoforo?

10. What makes Alessandra's life in the convent less pleasing to her?

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