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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Imp-Riddled House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(d) Peter Pan.

2. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?
(a) A fish.
(b) Some meat.
(c) A pear.
(d) A loaf of bread.

3. Who is Luykas?
(a) Mr. van den Meer; it's his Christian name.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Schoonmaker's long-lost son.
(d) Iris's father.

4. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?
(a) She thinks he is going to commit suicide.
(b) She thinks he is referring to Margarethe.
(c) She worries he is planning to kill Mr. Van den Meer.
(d) She doesn't know to whom he is referring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caspar?

2. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?

3. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?

4. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

5. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?

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