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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapter 1 The Obscure Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?
(a) Margarethe's grandfather.
(b) Nuns in a local church.
(c) The girls' long-lost father.
(d) Margarethe's brother.

2. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?
(a) No one really knows.
(b) He will be joining the Fisher family later.
(c) He has been killed by a mob.
(d) He left the family in poverty.

3. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?
(a) He has moved to America.
(b) He is in an insane asylum.
(c) He has lost his job with the church and is very poor now.
(d) He has died.

4. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She sings all day to help him focus.
(b) She cooks and cleans.
(c) She tends his garden.
(d) She sews clothes for his shop.

5. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She gathers flowers for him every day.
(b) She paints copies of his paintings.
(c) She fetches new paints for him.
(d) She sits so he can paint her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?

2. Who is Clara?

3. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?

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. Who is Schoonmaker?

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