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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. 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?
(a) That she's just being kept around to make Clara look prettier.
(b) That she is too dumb to be important to anyone.
(c) That she is hideously ugly and will never be anything.
(d) That her father is dead so she can't relate to how she feels.

2. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) Iris.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Henrika.

3. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(b) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(c) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(d) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.

4. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?
(a) Strange animals.
(b) A hooded man.
(c) A sick relative.
(d) An imp.

5. When the Fishers first arrive in the marketplace, how are they treated?
(a) Rudely.
(b) Coldly.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Suspiciously.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they are young, what does Clara tell Iris is the only thing that makes her happy?

2. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?

3. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?

4. What kind of mother is Henrika?

5. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Margarethe want Iris to take away from their discussion about how everyone is trapped in their life by some circumstance?

2. What revelation does Iris have about her mother during her mother's marriage ceremony?

3. What new traits does Iris develop after Henrika's death?

4. How do the Fishers end up at the van den Meers' house?

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

6. 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?

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

8. While painting his famous painting of Clara, the Master says that he is "going to ruin" someone. Who does he mean?

9. When Heer van den Meer first asks for Iris to come to his house and work for him, Iris wishes she could be an inanimate object. What does this symbolize?

10. Why does Iris ask Margarethe specifically to teach her how to cook and prepare a meal?

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