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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chore did Griet look forward to most?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Washing laundry at the river.
(c) Cleaning the studio.
(d) Repairing clothing.

2. When Catharina gave birth after the death of Griet's sister, what did she name her new son?
(a) Magnus.
(b) Jerones.
(c) Franciscus.
(d) Alexander.

3. What did Griet learn about the Vermeer family as she began her second week at work?
(a) They are short on money.
(b) They are living off of Catherina's mother's money.
(c) Catherina and Johannes do not love each other.
(d) They are not very smart.

4. Who was the only one to speak kindly to Griet after her sister died?
(a) Maria.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Tanneke.
(d) Catharina.

5. What was Griet's first chore at her new home?
(a) Babysitting.
(b) Dusting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Laundry.

6. From what perspective is the story told?
(a) First person, past tense.
(b) First person, present tense.
(c) Third person, present tense.
(d) Third person, past tense.

7. What was the butcher's daughter doing in Vermeer's new painting?
(a) Packaging meat.
(b) Pouring water into a basin.
(c) Cleaning up blood.
(d) Cutting meat.

8. Whom did Griet find to tell that her sister was sick?
(a) Geoff.
(b) Pieter the Son.
(c) Frans.
(d) Pieter.

9. What was the name of the grandmother in the household?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Maria.

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

11. What aspect of Tanneke's personality moved Griet after she talked to Pieter?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Respect.

12. Where did Frans go to start an apprenticeship?
(a) Art studio.
(b) Castle.
(c) Military.
(d) Tile factory.

13. The plague had been found near the __________________.
(a) Crutchet Canal.
(b) Geoff Canal.
(c) Riverdale Canal.
(d) Rietveld Canal.

14. What did Griet see in Vermeer's studio that allowed her to feel a deepening connection to him?
(a) His religious paintings.
(b) Paintings of his children.
(c) His painting in progress.
(d) His painting set.

15. What food did Vermeer and Griet bond over initially?
(a) Salad vegetables.
(b) Fruit slices.
(c) Meats.
(d) Stew vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Griet perceive her own vanity?

2. What room was Griet to be in charge of cleaning without appearing to have moved anything?

3. Griet knew that ________ was going to be trouble for her.

4. At first, Vermeer told Griet the clouds were ____________.

5. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what kind of life would she be choosing?

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