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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Gallery of God's Mistakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Margarethe feel that Philippe de Marisllac will be interested in Iris?
(a) Because they share a love of painting.
(b) Because she will be made beautiful for one night.
(c) Because she has recently become very wealthy.
(d) Because she is dumb and ugly, so she won't be a threat to him.

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

3. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
(a) An old, hairy woman who wanders around town.
(b) The nickname the townspeople have given to Ruth.
(c) The name of the ghost that lives in the Van den Meer's attic.
(d) The nickname the townspeople have given to Margarethe.

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 seamstress.
(d) The town baker.

5. What does Clara suspect Ruth of doing to Margarethe's linen?
(a) Selling it for something cheaper and pocketing the money.
(b) Putting red pepper on it to make her eyes worse.
(c) Not washing it at all but claiming she did.
(d) Washing it more than necessary to make sure it's especially clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?

2. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?

3. What role does Iris take in Schoonmaker's household?

4. What do Iris and Clara use as collateral in order to get Clara a gown?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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