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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. 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) They take turns using the skates.
(c) Clara lets Iris use them both as a special treat.
(d) Each girl takes one skate apiece.

2. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.
(b) That she cannot immediately draw well.
(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.

3. As the ball approaches, what part of the van den Meer house does Clara often refuse to leave?
(a) Her father's bedside.
(b) The tulip shed in the backyard.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Her bedroom.

4. What do Iris and Clara use as collateral in order to get Clara a gown?
(a) The last of their family fortune.
(b) Margarethe's fancy new shoes.
(c) Money Ruth has been secretly hiding away.
(d) Henrika's jewels.

5. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?
(a) She doesn't want Henrika to kick out the Fishers.
(b) She doesn't want Clara to begin to feel ignored.
(c) She thinks they are becoming too friendly.
(d) She worries Henrika is getting all of her mother's attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?

2. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?

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

4. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?

5. What does Clara suspect Ruth of doing to Margarethe's linen?

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