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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Imp-Riddled House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?
(a) He will be joining the Fisher family later.
(b) No one really knows.
(c) He left the family in poverty.
(d) He has been killed by a mob.

2. Who is Pieter ten Broek?
(a) Margarethe's brother.
(b) Margarethe's grandfather.
(c) The girls' long-lost father.
(d) A priest in a local church.

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?
(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.

4. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Ministering.
(d) Anything she can think of.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?

2. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?

3. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?

4. Who is a member of the Fisher family?

5. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?

(see the answer key)

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