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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 find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she cannot immediately draw well.
(b) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.
(c) That she has no interest in a religious life after all.
(d) That she is worse with a needle and thread than she originally thought.

2. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She fetches new paints for him.
(b) She sits so he can paint her.
(c) She gathers flowers for him every day.
(d) She paints copies of his paintings.

3. What kind of mother is Henrika?
(a) Very loving.
(b) Absent.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Cruel.

4. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?
(a) Young Woman with Two Lips.
(b) Clara, My Beloved.
(c) Young Woman with Tulips.
(d) Girl with Flowers by a Window.

5. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) That she needs to grow up.
(c) That she needs to do something to help her father and her family's situation.
(d) That she is strong, brave, and has a good heart.

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. What secret does Margarethe know about Henrika?

3. Who is a member of the Fisher family?

4. What happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?

5. As the ball approaches, what does the reader learn about Margarethe's neighbors' opinion of her?

(see the answer key)

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