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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. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?
(a) A fancy silk handkerchief.
(b) A pastry.
(c) A toy windmill.
(d) A letter.

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

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

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

5. Henrika and Margarethe usually get along:
(a) Perfectly -- they quickly become best friends.
(b) They never see each other.
(c) Sometimes really well and sometimes not very well at all.
(d) Not very well at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the financial situation of the van den Meers when the Fishers move in with them?

2. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?

3. Who is Luykas?

4. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?

5. What does the Master call Mr. van den Meer that crosses a line of acceptability?

(see the answer key)

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