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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. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?
(a) Paintings of maimed and deformed people.
(b) Paintings of nature.
(c) Modern, abstract paintings.
(d) Paintings with bad words hidden in them.

2. What secret does Margarethe know about Henrika?
(a) That Clara isn't actually Mr. Van den Meer's son.
(b) That Henrika is pregnant.
(c) That Henrika is having an affair.
(d) That Henrika is hiding money.

3. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?
(a) Caspar is going to propose to Iris.
(b) Margarethe wants to show off her new family.
(c) Margarethe wants to be rude and show the Master that she is happier with Mr. Van den Meer.
(d) The Master has been asked to paint a family portrait.

4. Who is Rebekka?
(a) Margarethe's long-lost sister.
(b) A girl who has a condition similar to Ruth's.
(c) A cook hired to help in the van den Meer household.
(d) A young girl Iris befriended in the neighborhood.

5. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That she has a family inheritance of her own.
(b) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.
(c) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(d) That she loves him very much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?

2. What happens to Rebekka?

3. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?

4. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

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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