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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. Who or what was on the tile that Griet's father gave her?

2. Who was Griet's younger sister?

3. What chore did Griet look forward to most?

4. Whom did Griet bond with most before beginning work at her new home?

5. What did Griet see in Vermeer's studio that allowed her to feel a deepening connection to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the plague affect Griet?

2. What connection did Griet and Vermeer have immediately?

3. How did Griet feel caught between two men?

4. Who was Van Ruijven?

5. What family problems did Griet experience at her family's home?

6. What did Vermeer and Catharina often fight about?

7. How did Griet's arrival at the Vermeer home go?

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

9. Why did Griet need to keep her involvement with Vermeer's paintings a secret?

10. What kind of pressure was Vermeer under?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At what point does the novel experience a climax? How does Chevalier build up to the climax of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Griet's hair is exposed to Vermeer? How does this one event change her so much? Why does she become so affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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