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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. When they are young, what does Clara tell Iris is the only thing that makes her happy?
(a) Learning English from Iris.
(b) Being alone in her room.
(c) Listening to her father play the piano.
(d) Spending time in her private garden.

2. What ultimately leads Clara to leave the house on a regular basis with Iris and Ruth?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Having to spend all day with Margarethe.
(c) Being left out of Ruth and Iris's fun adventures.
(d) Having to spend all day cleaning.

3. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?
(a) A portrait of tulips.
(b) Henrika's portrait is never replaced.
(c) A portrait of Margarethe.
(d) The portrait of Clara.

4. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?
(a) The flu.
(b) Some kind of contagious mental illness that makes people go insane.
(c) Some kind of unknown cancer.
(d) The plague.

5. What does the town say is the cause of Henrika's health issues?
(a) That she is cruel so God is treating her cruelly.
(b) That something demonic resides in the house at night.
(c) That Margarethe is secretly poisoning her.
(d) That she is too wealthy so she is being punished for not sharing her wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is kermis?

2. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?

3. Right before the evening when her painting is unveiled, what cruel thing does Clara say to Iris when Iris comes to try to coax her out of her bedroom?

4. What happens to Rebekka?

5. Who is Rebekka?

(see the answer key)

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