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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. What does the Master call Mr. van den Meer that crosses a line of acceptability?
(a) A money-hungry lump.
(b) An adulterer.
(c) A fraud.
(d) A hen-pecked husband.

2. After the successful unveiling of the painting of Clara, what does Margarethe ask Mr. van den Meer for?
(a) A stipend.
(b) Better living arrangements.
(c) For the chance for Iris to go to school.
(d) To be released from her job.

3. After her mother's death, why is Clara forced to leave the house?
(a) To go shopping in the marketplace.
(b) Because Margarethe demands she do it.
(c) To attend her mother's funeral.
(d) Because her father wants to flee with her in the middle of the night.

4. Who warns Clara when van Stolk enters the ball?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Schoonmaker.
(c) Margarethe.
(d) Iris.

5. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?
(a) The nuns in the church next door.
(b) The town seamstress.
(c) Caspar and the Master.
(d) The town baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margarethe suggest Iris take care of the whole family?

2. What does Caspar tell Iris and Clara while they are out ice skating?

3. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?

4. What happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?

5. Who first tries to lay claim to the mystery slipper?

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