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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. 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?
(a) That she is too dumb to be important to anyone.
(b) That she is hideously ugly and will never be anything.
(c) That her father is dead so she can't relate to how she feels.
(d) That she's just being kept around to make Clara look prettier.

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

3. 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 she is too wealthy so she is being punished for not sharing her wealth.
(c) That Margarethe is secretly poisoning her.
(d) That something demonic resides in the house at night.

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

5. What does Caspar accuse Ruth of doing at the ball?
(a) Having way too much to drink.
(b) Starting a fire.
(c) Sabotaging Iris's chance with the prince.
(d) Sabotaging Clara's chance with the prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?

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

3. How do Ruth and Iris get to the ball?

4. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?

5. When Iris is sure Margarethe is going to punish her for trying to sneak Clara out, what does Iris receive instead?

(see the answer key)

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