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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. Who is a member of the Fisher family?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) Iris.
(c) Ruth.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

2. Who is Caspar?
(a) The man who delivers groceries every day.
(b) A boy who works at a church.
(c) The Fishers' boss when Schoonmaker is gone.
(d) Schoonmaker's apprentice.

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

4. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?
(a) Painting.
(b) Anything she can think of.
(c) Ministering.
(d) Singing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Ruth and Iris related?

2. Who is Schoonmaker?

3. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?

4. What city do the Fishers flee to?

5. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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