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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?
(a) That she is strong, brave, and has a good heart.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) That she needs to do something to help her father and her family's situation.
(d) That she needs to grow up.

2. Who does Iris dance with first at the ball?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Someone she doesn't know -- or like.
(c) Caspar.
(d) Ruth.

3. What happened to the Gallery of God's Mistakes after the Master died?
(a) It was donated to a museum.
(b) It was sold for a lot of money.
(c) It was thrown into a bonfire.
(d) It was passed down for generations.

4. Who insists on introducing Ruth and Iris to the prince?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Caspar.
(c) Clara.
(d) Dame Pruyn.

5. Who is the ball's guest of honor?
(a) Van den Meer.
(b) The mayor of Haarlem.
(c) Philippe de Marsillac.
(d) The Master.

6. Who does Ruth suspect of kidnapping Clara as a child?
(a) Her own father.
(b) Van Stolk.
(c) Schoonmaker.
(d) Caspar.

7. Who is van Stolk?
(a) A man who paid off van den Meer's debts.
(b) A man both Clara and Iris have big crushes on.
(c) Another apprentice of the Master's.
(d) A kindly neighbor who often stops over for dinner.

8. What does Iris wonder about the night her family fled without their father?
(a) If he was really dead before they left.
(b) If he was warned in advance.
(c) If he organized the mob.
(d) If he staged the event to try to murder Margarethe.

9. What does Margarethe do to continually manipulate van Stolk and van Antum?
(a) She pretends she is wealthier than she is.
(b) She flirts with them herself, since she knows they have crushes on her.
(c) She taunts them with glances and promises of Clara.
(d) She preys on their kindness by always asking for mercy -- and money.

10. Who is the first person Iris and Ruth find at the ball?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Clara.
(c) Caspar.
(d) Margarethe.

11. How did Marie de Medici lose her power?
(a) She never had much power to begin with.
(b) She resigned it.
(c) She lost it when her husband died.
(d) Her own son overthrew her.

12. What causes Cornelius to become so depressed?
(a) No one really knows for sure.
(b) An accident in the kitchen that left Clara horribly scarred.
(c) His failing business venture.
(d) His unhappy marriage to Margarethe.

13. What ends up happening to the tulip trade in the novel?
(a) It skyrockets again, giving Ruth a lot of money.
(b) It becomes a national embarrassment.
(c) It never recovers.
(d) It is regulated and becomes more reliable.

14. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?
(a) A stinky sofa.
(b) An ugly piano.
(c) A wooden chair.
(d) A creaking dance floor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clara tell the queen she is hiding her face?

2. What does Margarethe think is increasing as her sight begins decreasing?

3. What non-family member do Ruth, Iris, and Clara enlist in helping them get Clara to the ball?

4. What does the title of Chapter 4, "The Gallery of God's Mistakes," refer to?

5. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?

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