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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Griet perceive her own vanity?

2. What side story was meant to highlight the complexity of Griet's move to the Vermeer home?

3. Where did Griet learn she would be sleeping in her new home?

4. From what perspective is the story told?

5. When Pieter the Son came to visit Griet, whom did she feel watching them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vermeer and Griet bond over?

2. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

3. How did Griet's idea of Vermeer's art differ from Catharina's?

4. Who was Pieter the Son?

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

6. What family problems did Griet experience at her family's home?

7. Why did Maria agree to keep Griet's involvement in Vermeer's paintings a secret?

8. What did Vermeer and Catharina often fight about?

9. What did Vermeer and Pieter represent to Griet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main differences between Griet's family's home and the Vermeers' home? What are the main differences between the members of the two families?

Essay Topic 2

What role does dissatisfaction play in the lives of the main characters in the novel? How and why is Griet dissatisfied? How does she show this?

Essay Topic 3

How does Griet break free from her family? Does she want to break free from her family? What event or action is most symbolic of Griet's separation from her family?

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