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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 Pieter ten Broek?
(a) Margarethe's grandfather.
(b) The girls' long-lost father.
(c) Margarethe's brother.
(d) A priest in a local church.

2. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?
(a) He has lost his job with the church and is very poor now.
(b) He has moved to America.
(c) He has died.
(d) He is in an insane asylum.

3. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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

5. How is Iris initially described in the novel?
(a) As mentally impaired and hard to control.
(b) As beautiful and loving.
(c) As shy and unable/unwilling to speak.
(d) As conscientious and unattractive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city do the Fishers flee to?

3. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?

4. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?

5. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?

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