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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 does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?
(a) Father.
(b) Sir.
(c) Master.
(d) Padrino.

2. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?
(a) How poor his family seems to be.
(b) The lovely flowers on his front lawn.
(c) The vivid colors she sees through the window.
(d) The beautiful windows in the church.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?

2. What city do the Fishers flee to?

3. Who is Pieter ten Broek?

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

5. What role does Iris take in Schoonmaker's household?

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