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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Catharina break that once belonged to van Leeuwenhoek?
(a) A cup.
(b) A camera.
(c) A box.
(d) A telescope.

2. Who broke Griet's favorite tile?
(a) Maria.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Cornelia.

3. According to Catharina, how did Vermeer feel about Griet's first cleaning of the studio?
(a) He is pleased.
(b) He does not even notice it is clean.
(c) He is disappointed.
(d) He is extremely angry.

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

5. When Griet saw herself in Vermeer's mirror, what did she think of herself?
(a) She was beautiful.
(b) She was too thin.
(c) She was overweight.
(d) She was ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the opening of the novel, what was Griet doing?

2. What was the only piece in the studio that Griet did not clean?

3. Who or what was on the tile that Griet's father gave her?

4. What difference did Griet see in the painting in progress?

5. What did Griet see in Vermeer's studio that allowed her to feel a deepening connection to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Van Ruijven?

2. Why did Griet need to keep her involvement with Vermeer's paintings a secret?

3. What did Vermeer and Griet bond over?

4. What role did competition play in Griet's time at the Vermeer home?

5. Who was Pieter, the butcher?

6. Describe Griet's first visit home after she began to work for the Vermeers.

7. How did Griet feel caught between two men?

8. Who was Cornelia Vermeer?

9. What connection did Griet and Vermeer have immediately?

10. What did the splitting of the tile symbolize?

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