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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 are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?
(a) To spend all day in a very hot kitchen.
(b) To beg for money in the streets.
(c) To do very hard, physical labor even though she is very young.
(d) To pose naked while he paints her.

2. Who is Schoonmaker?
(a) A long-lost relative of Margarethe's.
(b) A priest.
(c) A painter in the village.
(d) A city boy who helps them find the road.

3. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?
(a) They decide not to use them at all.
(b) Each girl takes one skate apiece.
(c) They take turns using the skates.
(d) Clara lets Iris use them both as a special treat.

4. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?
(a) He is very proud and excited.
(b) He becomes incredibly wealthy.
(c) He becomes depressed.
(d) He starts being mean to everyone around him.

5. Right before the unveiling of the painting the Master created for van den Meer, what does Margarethe call Clara that sends Clara into a screaming rage?
(a) Adopted.
(b) A doll.
(c) A spoiled brat.
(d) A changeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes about Clara's dress after the ball?

2. As the ball approaches and Margarethe is tight for money, why does she claim the Master owes her money?

3. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?

4. How do Margarethe, Ruth, and Iris plan on getting dresses for the ball?

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

(see the answer key)

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