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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. Before heading to the ball, what do Iris and Clara agree about Caspar?
(a) That he really is a jerk.
(b) That he is in love with Clara and they should get married.
(c) That Clara will not try to take him from Iris.
(d) That he is, in reality, a horrible painter despite all of his experience.

2. Who is Rebekka?
(a) A cook hired to help in the van den Meer household.
(b) A girl who has a condition similar to Ruth's.
(c) Margarethe's long-lost sister.
(d) A young girl Iris befriended in the neighborhood.

3. Why does Margarethe tell Iris that she is better off being ugly?
(a) Because she won't have to worry about people only liking her for her looks.
(b) Because she won't ever have to worry about getting married.
(c) Because her husband won't have to worry about her getting ugly since she already is.
(d) Because beauty does not help anyone in the world.

4. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(b) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(c) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(d) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.

5. How does Iris propose getting Clara out of the house?
(a) By just having her walk out the front door.
(b) By sneaking out at night when no one is awake.
(c) By sneaking her out in a wheelbarrow.
(d) By hiding her underneath Ruth's biggest dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?

2. What kind of visitors come to the van den Meers' house after Henrika's funeral?

3. Who is Clara?

4. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?

5. Why does Clara become so upset when van den Meer tells Margarethe that the hutsepot she makes for Lent is the best he's ever had?

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