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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1665, Pages 95 - 125.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Griet's father do?
(a) Tile painter.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Harvester.

2. How did Griet's family react to the death of the youngest daughter?
(a) They recover quickly.
(b) They are so divided they do not all know about her death.
(c) They never recover from the loss.
(d) They continue living normally out of shock.

3. Whom did Tanneke jump in front of when Catharina was being hit?
(a) Catharina's father.
(b) Vermeer's brother.
(c) Catharina's brother.
(d) Vermeer.

4. Where did Griet learn she would be sleeping in her new home?
(a) Cellar.
(b) Bathroom.
(c) Barn.
(d) Studio.

5. What was Griet able to tell about the visitors just from the timbre of their voices?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are mean.
(c) They are intelligent.
(d) They are sympathetic to her plight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caught Griet inspecting the wooden box?

2. How did the pregnant woman react to her husband's attention spent on Griet?

3. When Griet arrived home after the plague, where did her parents sit to meet her?

4. Whom did it seem that Vermeer was competing with most when it came to Griet?

5. Who was the only one to speak kindly to Griet after her sister died?

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