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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sandro think about the day so far after he and Margot are done eating?
(a) It has been a profitable day.
(b) It is the most humiliating day of his life.
(c) It is the most wonderful day of his life.
(d) It has been a confusing day.

2. What does Madre Badessa regret?
(a) Not seeing Sister Agata before her death.
(b) Giving Margot the book that she is restoring.
(c) Staying on as a nun when she was young.
(d) Offering Margot a place at the convent.

3. Where does Margot take a train?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Paris.
(d) Basel.

4. What does Margot want to keep away from the Bishop?
(a) A secret that Sister Agata confesses just before dying.
(b) Aretino.
(c) Alessandro.
(d) The truth about the convent library holdings.

5. What does Margot put in between the pages of the book she is working on?
(a) Banana leaves.
(b) Charcoal paper.
(c) Absorbent paper.
(d) Palm leaves.

6. Who will Sandro rejoin?
(a) His wife.
(b) His last mistress.
(c) His former employer.
(d) No one.

7. How does Margot feel about the Bishop?
(a) She dislikes him.
(b) The thinks he is eccentric.
(c) She thinks he is quite wise.
(d) She thinks he's fair.

8. What reminds Margot of her mother's death?
(a) The abbess' death.
(b) Sister Agata's death.
(c) A movie she sees.
(d) Sister Gemma's death.

9. Who becomes ill in Chapter 9?
(a) Sister Maria Augustino.
(b) Margot.
(c) Sister Agata Agape.
(d) The abbess.

10. What ironically happens when Sandro and Margot spend time in the afternoon together?
(a) Margot is no longer attracted to Sandro.
(b) Sandro talks the whole time about his wife.
(c) Sandro is impotent and cannot perform.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary.

11. How old was Alessandro when he fell in love with a movie star?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 33.
(d) 15.

12. What does Sandro offer Margot?
(a) To put her up as his mistress in London.
(b) His apartment for as long as she wants it.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To put her up as his mistress in Rome.

13. Why does Sandro decide he will not ask Margot to marry him?
(a) She is too old to have children.
(b) He wants to try to make his present marriage work.
(c) He is unworthy of her.
(d) She is too naive.

14. What can Margot do on Aretino in Sandro's apartment?
(a) The page cleaning.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything except the finishing.
(d) The page analysis.

15. Why does the Bishop reprimand Margot?
(a) For not calling the priest when Sister Gemma is dying.
(b) For staying at the convent.
(c) For not calling the priest when Sister Agata is dying.
(d) For visiting Alessandro in his apartment alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margot's father tell her when she talks with him on Christmas?

2. What does Margot ask Sandro about the book she is reconditioning?

3. What does Sandro appreciate about Margot?

4. Where are the workers getting ready to detach some frescoes?

5. Who does not want a visit from the priest?

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