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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 Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?
(a) That they are horribly ugly.
(b) That the colors are very, very ugly.
(c) That they are accurate but flattering.
(d) That they don't portray Ruth truthfully.

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

3. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.
(b) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(c) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(d) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.

4. Who is Caspar?
(a) The Fishers' boss when Schoonmaker is gone.
(b) A boy who works at a church.
(c) Schoonmaker's apprentice.
(d) The man who delivers groceries every day.

5. Who first tries to lay claim to the mystery slipper?
(a) Clara.
(b) Iris.
(c) Margarethe.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health problems does Henrika begin to develop in Chapter 2?

2. What city do the Fishers flee to?

3. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?

4. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?

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

(see the answer key)

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