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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. When the Fishers first arrive in the marketplace, how are they treated?
(a) Suspiciously.
(b) Rudely.
(c) Coldly.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

3. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?
(a) Margarethe's grandfather.
(b) Nuns in a local church.
(c) Margarethe's brother.
(d) The girls' long-lost father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?

2. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?

3. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?

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

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

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