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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 was the name of the girl who followed Griet to the canal to fetch water?

2. What did Catharina break that once belonged to van Leeuwenhoek?

3. How old was Griet when she moved in with the Vermeers?

4. When Catharina gave birth after the death of Griet's sister, what did she name her new son?

5. Griet thinks that her own best feature is __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Griet's idea of Vermeer's art differ from Catharina's?

2. How did Griet feel after cleaning out the studio?

3. What did Vermeer and Pieter represent to Griet?

4. Describe Griet's first visit home after she began to work for the Vermeers.

5. Who was Van Ruijven?

6. What did Vermeer and Griet bond over?

7. Why did Griet's mother encourage her to accept Pieter's advances?

8. What did Vermeer and Catharina often fight about?

9. What aspect of Tanneke's personality was Griet moved by?

10. Was Vermeer protective of Griet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Griet's mother and Catharina. In what ways do they treat Griet the same? In what ways are the alike in terms of goals for their families?

Essay Topic 2

What role does dissatisfaction play in the lives of the main characters in the novel? How and why is Griet dissatisfied? How does she show this?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Chevalier create and release tension in the reader?

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