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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 do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?
(a) A hooded man.
(b) A sick relative.
(c) Strange animals.
(d) An imp.

2. Who is van Stolk?
(a) A kindly neighbor who often stops over for dinner.
(b) A man both Clara and Iris have big crushes on.
(c) A man who paid off van den Meer's debts.
(d) Another apprentice of the Master's.

3. Right before the evening when her painting is unveiled, what cruel thing does Clara say to Iris when Iris comes to try to coax her out of her bedroom?
(a) That she is hideously ugly and will never be anything.
(b) That she is too dumb to be important to anyone.
(c) That her father is dead so she can't relate to how she feels.
(d) That she's just being kept around to make Clara look prettier.

4. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?
(a) She instantly decides she wants to move there.
(b) She seems to remember it from long ago.
(c) She finds it very dirty.
(d) She is grateful for its water fountain.

5. When the Fishers first arrive in the marketplace, how are they treated?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Suspiciously.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Coldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margarethe tell Iris that she is better off being ugly?

2. What does Clara suspect Ruth of doing to Margarethe's linen?

3. Who is Rebekka?

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

5. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?

(see the answer key)

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