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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 happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?
(a) Henrika catches them before they can get very far.
(b) Clara panics and changes her mind.
(c) Ruth tells on them.
(d) Iris panics and changes her mind.

2. When Henrika is sick, what does Caspar give Ruth and Iris every morning when they come to visit him and the Master?
(a) Scones.
(b) Fresh fruit and juice.
(c) Hot chocolate.
(d) Warm tea.

3. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That she loves him very much.
(b) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(c) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.
(d) That she has a family inheritance of her own.

4. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?
(a) His collection of fine paintings.
(b) His collection of jewelry.
(c) A boat full of tulips that investors have given him money for.
(d) His collection of rare books.

5. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She sits so he can paint her.
(b) She gathers flowers for him every day.
(c) She fetches new paints for him.
(d) She paints copies of his paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henrika die from?

2. Who is Luykas?

3. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?

4. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?

5. What ultimately leads Clara to leave the house on a regular basis with Iris and Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do tulips symbolize in the beginning of the novel?

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

3. How does Heer van den Meer first present Iris to Clara?

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

5. What is Iris's relationship with her mother like in the beginning of the novel?

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

7. What does the reader learn about Ruth's character and personality by the end of Chapter 1?

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

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

10. What kind of tone does the Prologue have?

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