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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. What role does Iris take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She makes her famous biscuits every morning.
(b) She scrubs the floors every other day.
(c) She sits so he can paint her.
(d) She stands outside holding an advertisement for his business.

2. When the book begins, who is the narrator?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A man named Incubus.
(c) A man named Caspar.
(d) An older woman who is partially crippled.

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

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

5. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?
(a) A very mean old man.
(b) A priest.
(c) An unknown but beautiful young girl.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

2. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?

3. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?

4. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?

5. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?

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