3. Whose clothes did Vermeer want Griet to wear for the portrait?
(a) Cornelia's.
(b) Catharina's.
(c) Tanneke's.
(d) Griet's mother's.

4. What item did Cornelia suggest that Catharina wear?
(a) Bracelets.
(b) Necklaces.
(c) Rings.
(d) Combs.

5. Who began to distrust Griet with the jewelry box?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Maria.
(c) Vermeer.
(d) Pieter.

6. What was Catharina's reaction to seeing the finished painting?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She is enraged.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is happy.

7. Griet realized Catharina's hidden items were___________.
(a) Under a pile of laundry.
(b) Under Griet's bed.
(c) In Griet's chest.
(d) In Cornelia's closet.

8. How did Pieter act toward Griet after they have sex?
(a) He wanted to marry her.
(b) He pretended it never happened and continued courting her.
(c) He ignored her.
(d) He became angry at her.

9. Whom did Griet tell about Cornelia's plotting and scheming?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Tanneke.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Maria.

10. Whom or what did Vermeer want to see one last time before he died?
(a) Griet.
(b) The pearl earrings.
(c) Pieter.
(d) The portrait of Griet.

11. How many months before Tanneke approaches Griet did she hear that Vermeer had died?
(a) Eight months earlier.
(b) Nine months earlier.
(c) Two months earlier.
(d) Four months earlier.

12. Why did Griet believe that the backlash from Catharina was not as intense as it should be?
(a) Catharina no longer cares for her marriage.
(b) Catharina fears Griet.
(c) Catharina wants Griet to have an affair with Vermeer.
(d) Catharina does not think Vermeer would ever have an affair.

13. Why couldn't Griet confide her fears in Frans?
(a) He has moved away.
(b) He is no longer speaking to Griet.
(c) He has taken an apprenticeship far away.
(d) He has run off to the sea.

14. What is the name of Griet's second son?
(a) Henry.
(b) Markus.
(c) Frans.
(d) Harold.

15. How did Griet feel about Vermeer's possession of her?
(a) She is upset.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is pleased.