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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapter 1 The Obscure Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Clara?
(a) A street girl without a family.
(b) The ghost who lives in Schoonmaker's house.
(c) Caspar's sister.
(d) Van den Meer's beautiful young daughter.

2. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?
(a) Holland.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) England.

3. What role does Iris take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She makes her famous biscuits every morning.
(b) She scrubs the floors every other day.
(c) She sits so he can paint her.
(d) She stands outside holding an advertisement for his business.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Iris initially described in the novel?

2. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?

3. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?

4. Who is Pieter ten Broek?

5. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?

(see the answer key)

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