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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Ruth and Iris get to the ball?
(a) Caspar lends them a horse.
(b) They have to walk.
(c) They share a bicycle.
(d) In a private carriage.

3. How many children does Clara end up having?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What family scene does Ruth think would have made a good painting?
(a) Clara's tattered dress.
(b) The sight of Clara's children playing.
(c) Margarethe's blinded eyes.
(d) The burned palace the evening of the ball.

5. How do Margarethe, Ruth, and Iris plan on getting dresses for the ball?
(a) A tailor is making custom dresses for them.
(b) They are using Henrika's old dresses.
(c) They are making Clara sew all of their dresses and accessories.
(d) They are sewing their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does the narrator wish had been given to Clara?

2. What good news does van den Meer receive from an investment partner about his investment?

3. 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?

4. What happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?

5. How many grandchildren does Ruth end up having?

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