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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event was Vermeer emotionally torn about?
(a) Firing Griet.
(b) Hurting Catharina's feelings with the painting of Griet.
(c) Giving up the painting of Griet.
(d) Forcing Griet to wear the earrings.

2. What did Vermeer leave to Griet in his will?
(a) Her portrait.
(b) The Vermeer home.
(c) Catharina's pearl earrings.
(d) His painting studio.

3. Who is the executor of Vermeer's will?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Catharina.
(c) Van Leeuwenhoek.
(d) Van Ruijven.

4. How much money does Griet get for the earrings?
(a) 30 guilders.
(b) 20 guilders.
(c) 40 guilders.
(d) 10 guilders.

5. In what way was Pieter impatient with Griet?
(a) Maturely.
(b) Intellectually.
(c) Sexually.
(d) Artistically.

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

7. What does Griet vow to do with the final coins from selling the earrings?
(a) To save them for her children.
(b) To give them to Catharina.
(c) To spend them right away.
(d) To never spend them.

8. What color is the mantle that Catharina wears?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

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

10. What was the color of one of the pieces of fabric Vermeer gave Griet to cover her hair in?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Black.

11. To Griet, who was the person who has seen her most exposed?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Vermeer.

12. Who secretly handed Griet the pearl earrings?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Maria.
(c) Vermeer.
(d) Cornelia.

13. What did Griet's mother serve at dinner after church?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Seafood.
(c) Salad.
(d) Beef.

14. What color dress did van Ruijven's new maid wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

15. Where did Pieter the Son show up uninvited, surprising Griet and her family?
(a) The market.
(b) The Vermeer home.
(c) Church.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the novel, how long has it been since Griet ran away?

2. When Vermeer worked on Griet's portrait, how many others was he also working on?

3. Where did Pieter and Griet first have sex?

4. What did Griet smell like when her parents become suspicious?

5. Which character set herself up to be disappointed by Vermeer?

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