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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Ball.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the van den Meers' wealth at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) It is lost when the tulip market crashes.
(b) It ends up being stolen by the very guards hired to protect it.
(c) It increases drastically right after Margarethe marries into the family.
(d) It doesn't do much, since Margarethe is too cheap to buy anything nice.

2. Who is the first person Iris and Ruth find at the ball?
(a) Clara.
(b) Margarethe.
(c) Schoonmaker.
(d) Caspar.

3. What does Clara yell at Nicolaes van Stolk as she departs her house en route to the ball?
(a) "It is the crow."
(b) "Wait for me, dear friend, until I return again."
(c) "Catch me if you can."
(d) "I will never love you."

4. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?
(a) By carriage.
(b) They all pile onto one little horse.
(c) They have to walk.
(d) They steal someone else's carriage.

5. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?
(a) The town baker.
(b) Caspar and the Master.
(c) The town seamstress.
(d) The nuns in the church next door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caspar tell Iris and Clara while they are out ice skating?

2. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?

3. How does van den Meer plan on revealing the painting he commissioned?

4. What piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?

5. When Henrika is sick, what does Caspar give Ruth and Iris every morning when they come to visit him and the Master?

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