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

2. Who is a member of the Fisher family?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Iris.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Margarethe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?

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

3. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?

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?

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

(see the answer key)

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