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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Ball.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?
(a) With anger.
(b) With no fanfare at all.
(c) With shouts of excitement.
(d) With awe.

2. How does Clara get home from the ball?
(a) With the help of the Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies.
(b) The prince sends her home in his private carriage.
(c) With Caspar, on his large white horse.
(d) Schoonmaker walks her home.

3. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?
(a) A wooden chair.
(b) A creaking dance floor.
(c) A stinky sofa.
(d) An ugly piano.

4. After Rebekka's death, what does Margarethe worry has happened to the household?
(a) That the plague has been introduced.
(b) That Mr. van den Meer will divorce her and leave everyone homeless.
(c) That all of their money has been stolen.
(d) That, because Iris can now read and write, she will outsmart her own mother.

5. Henrika and Margarethe usually get along:
(a) Perfectly -- they quickly become best friends.
(b) Sometimes really well and sometimes not very well at all.
(c) Not very well at all.
(d) They never see each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?

2. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?

3. Why is Clara upset about what Sinter Klaas left in her shoe?

4. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?

5. What color dress does Clara wear to the ball?

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