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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) Padrino.
(c) Master.
(d) Sir.

2. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?
(a) Paintings of maimed and deformed people.
(b) Paintings with bad words hidden in them.
(c) Paintings of nature.
(d) Modern, abstract paintings.

3. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?
(a) As optimistic and kind.
(b) As strict and careworn.
(c) As silent and strong.
(d) As stubborn and rude.

4. Who is Caspar?
(a) The man who delivers groceries every day.
(b) The Fishers' boss when Schoonmaker is gone.
(c) Schoonmaker's apprentice.
(d) A boy who works at a church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Ruth and Iris related?

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

3. What city do the Fishers flee to?

4. Who is Clara?

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

(see the answer key)

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