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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Clara and Iris decide to stop into the windmill while out ice skating?
(a) They are very thirsty and are looking for water.
(b) They are just tired and want to take a break.
(c) Iris needs to use a bathroom.
(d) Clara needs to use a bathroom.

2. What role does Iris take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She scrubs the floors every other day.
(b) She makes her famous biscuits every morning.
(c) She sits so he can paint her.
(d) She stands outside holding an advertisement for his business.

3. What kind of mother is Henrika?
(a) Absent.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Very loving.
(d) Cruel.

4. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?
(a) The nuns in the church next door.
(b) Caspar and the Master.
(c) The town baker.
(d) The town seamstress.

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

6. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?
(a) She finds it very dirty.
(b) She is grateful for its water fountain.
(c) She instantly decides she wants to move there.
(d) She seems to remember it from long ago.

7. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?
(a) Clara, My Beloved.
(b) Girl with Flowers by a Window.
(c) Young Woman with Two Lips.
(d) Young Woman with Tulips.

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

9. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she cannot immediately draw well.
(b) That she is worse with a needle and thread than she originally thought.
(c) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.
(d) That she has no interest in a religious life after all.

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

11. Who is Luykas?
(a) Schoonmaker's long-lost son.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Mr. van den Meer; it's his Christian name.
(d) Iris's father.

12. What does Henrika die from?
(a) She dies of natural causes.
(b) Complications from giving birth too early.
(c) She stabs herself with a sharp blade.
(d) Starving herself out of protest.

13. Right before the unveiling of the painting the Master created for van den Meer, what does Margarethe call Clara that sends Clara into a screaming rage?
(a) A doll.
(b) Adopted.
(c) A spoiled brat.
(d) A changeling.

14. 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 she loves him very much.
(c) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(d) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.

15. How does Iris propose getting Clara out of the house?
(a) By sneaking her out in a wheelbarrow.
(b) By just having her walk out the front door.
(c) By sneaking out at night when no one is awake.
(d) By hiding her underneath Ruth's biggest dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the American equivalent of Sinter Klaas, the person for whom the girls leave their shoes out one night?

2. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?

3. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

4. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?

5. What city do the Fishers flee to?

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