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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Imp-Riddled House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Iris initially described in the novel?
(a) As mentally impaired and hard to control.
(b) As shy and unable/unwilling to speak.
(c) As beautiful and loving.
(d) As conscientious and unattractive.

2. What kind of mother is Henrika?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Very loving.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Absent.

3. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?
(a) To pose naked while he paints her.
(b) To do very hard, physical labor even though she is very young.
(c) To spend all day in a very hot kitchen.
(d) To beg for money in the streets.

4. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
(a) The name of the ghost that lives in the Van den Meer's attic.
(b) An old, hairy woman who wanders around town.
(c) The nickname the townspeople have given to Margarethe.
(d) The nickname the townspeople have given to Ruth.

5. What does the town say is the cause of Henrika's health issues?
(a) That she is cruel so God is treating her cruelly.
(b) That something demonic resides in the house at night.
(c) That she is too wealthy so she is being punished for not sharing her wealth.
(d) That Margarethe is secretly poisoning her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pieter ten Broek?

2. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?

3. Henrika and Margarethe usually get along:

4. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?

5. Before the large dinner party where his painting of Clara is revealed, what does the Master do to help comfort Ruth?

(see the answer key)

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