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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 Schoonmaker?
(a) A city boy who helps them find the road.
(b) A painter in the village.
(c) A priest.
(d) A long-lost relative of Margarethe's.

2. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She tends his garden.
(b) She cooks and cleans.
(c) She sews clothes for his shop.
(d) She sings all day to help him focus.

3. How are Ruth and Iris related?
(a) Iris is Ruth's older sister.
(b) Ruth is Iris's mom.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Ruth is Iris's older sister.

4. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?
(a) A letter.
(b) A toy windmill.
(c) A fancy silk handkerchief.
(d) A pastry.

5. What city do the Fishers flee to?
(a) London.
(b) The reader never learns the name of the city.
(c) Haarlem.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

2. Who is Caspar?

3. When the book begins, who is the narrator?

4. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?

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

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