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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Gallery of God's Mistakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Margarethe, Ruth, and Iris plan on getting dresses for the ball?
(a) They are sewing their own.
(b) They are using Henrika's old dresses.
(c) A tailor is making custom dresses for them.
(d) They are making Clara sew all of their dresses and accessories.

2. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?
(a) Margarethe wants to show off her new family.
(b) Caspar is going to propose to Iris.
(c) The Master has been asked to paint a family portrait.
(d) Margarethe wants to be rude and show the Master that she is happier with Mr. Van den Meer.

3. As the ball approaches, what does the reader learn about Margarethe's neighbors' opinion of her?
(a) That they think she is the most beautiful woman in all the land.
(b) That they admire her.
(c) That they are jealous of her wealth.
(d) That they scorn her and think very poorly of her choices.

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

5. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She sews clothes for his shop.
(b) She tends his garden.
(c) She cooks and cleans.
(d) She sings all day to help him focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?

2. What other major event happens the evening Rebekka dies?

3. When the book begins, who is the narrator?

4. Why does Clara become so upset when van den Meer tells Margarethe that the hutsepot she makes for Lent is the best he's ever had?

5. Who is Luykas?

(see the answer key)

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