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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?
(a) He has died.
(b) He is in an insane asylum.
(c) He has moved to America.
(d) He has lost his job with the church and is very poor now.

2. When the book begins, who is the narrator?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A man named Caspar.
(c) A man named Incubus.
(d) An older woman who is partially crippled.

3. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?
(a) That they don't portray Ruth truthfully.
(b) That the colors are very, very ugly.
(c) That they are accurate but flattering.
(d) That they are horribly ugly.

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

5. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?
(a) She doesn't want Henrika to kick out the Fishers.
(b) She doesn't want Clara to begin to feel ignored.
(c) She worries Henrika is getting all of her mother's attention.
(d) She thinks they are becoming too friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?

2. Who is Luykas?

3. Who is Rebekka?

4. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?

5. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of figure does Ruth become as she begins to get a little older?

2. What kind of relationship does Margarethe imply that Caspar and the Master have in secret?

3. How does Clara change after the incident at the windmill?

4. What goals is Marie de Medici trying to achieve through the ball?

5. What leads to a shift of power in the marriage of van den Meer and his wife?

6. How does Clara initially react to her new stepmother's demands that she help with housework?

7. Why does Clara pout about attending the event where her painting is unveiled?

8. What is Iris's role to be at the van den Meers?

9. Once she has been at the van den Meer's household for a little while, how does Iris's relationship with Caspar begin to change?

10. How does Clara get the nickname of "Cinderella"?

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