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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Girl of Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Because Clara made it herself and wants the credit.
(b) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.
(c) Because he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.
(d) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.

2. 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 her father is dead so she can't relate to how she feels.
(b) That she's just being kept around to make Clara look prettier.
(c) That she is too dumb to be important to anyone.
(d) That she is hideously ugly and will never be anything.

3. When Iris is sure Margarethe is going to punish her for trying to sneak Clara out, what does Iris receive instead?
(a) Orders to fetch the midwife immediately.
(b) A piece of candy for being so brave.
(c) An extra loaf of bread with dinner.
(d) No attention whatsoever, as if nothing happened.

4. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?
(a) A seashell.
(b) A personalized bible.
(c) A pound of very stale flour.
(d) A piece of red silk.

5. Who is going to throw a ball?
(a) The mayor's wife.
(b) Marie de Medici.
(c) The mayor of Haarlem.
(d) Margarethe.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Rebekka's death, what does Margarethe worry has happened to the household?

2. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?

3. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?

4. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?

5. Who is Caspar?

(see the answer key)

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