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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1676, Pages 233 - 248.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the final chapter of the novel?
(a) To show how much Vermeer loved Griet.
(b) To show that Griet is happy Catharina is poor.
(c) To show the death of a symbol.
(d) To tie up story lines. 

2. What did Griet do with her wages after her first week?
(a) She gives them to her mother.
(b) She buys a visit to the doctor for her father.
(c) She spends them on new clothing.
(d) She buys her family dinner.

3. How did Griet perceive her own vanity?
(a) She is too young to be so vain.
(b) She is not naive enough to give in to vanity and beauty.
(c) She is a young lady and should take advantage of her beauty.
(d) She is a maid and should not feel any vanity.

4. What was the only piece in the studio that Griet did not clean?
(a) A door knob.
(b) A window sill.
(c) A blue ball of fabric.
(d) A canister of paints.

5. What drink was served for dinner at Griet's new home?
(a) Apple juice.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Catharina send Griet to the apothecary for supplies for the sick boys?

2. Who was the owner of Vermeer's painting of the lady at the window?

3. Griet suspected that Catharina believed which of the following about her marriage?

4. At the end of the novel, how long has it been since Griet ran away?

5. What did Maria suggest to Vermeer that he paint to make more money?

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