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

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

3. Who is Clara?
(a) Van den Meer's beautiful young daughter.
(b) A street girl without a family.
(c) The ghost who lives in Schoonmaker's house.
(d) Caspar's sister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?

2. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?

3. Who is a member of the Fisher family?

4. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?

5. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

(see the answer key)

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