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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapter 1 The Obscure Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Clara?
(a) The ghost who lives in Schoonmaker's house.
(b) Van den Meer's beautiful young daughter.
(c) A street girl without a family.
(d) Caspar's sister.

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

4. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?
(a) England.
(b) Holland.
(c) France.
(d) America.

5. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?
(a) Some meat.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A fish.
(d) A pear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?

2. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?

3. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?

4. When the Fishers first arrive in the marketplace, how are they treated?

5. Who is Schoonmaker?

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