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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Girl of Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?
(a) She worries he is planning to kill Mr. Van den Meer.
(b) She thinks he is referring to Margarethe.
(c) She doesn't know to whom he is referring.
(d) She thinks he is going to commit suicide.

2. Who is Rebekka?
(a) A girl who has a condition similar to Ruth's.
(b) Margarethe's long-lost sister.
(c) A cook hired to help in the van den Meer household.
(d) A young girl Iris befriended in the neighborhood.

3. What happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?
(a) Ruth tells on them.
(b) Clara panics and changes her mind.
(c) Iris panics and changes her mind.
(d) Henrika catches them before they can get very far.

4. How does Iris propose getting Clara out of the house?
(a) By sneaking her out in a wheelbarrow.
(b) By just having her walk out the front door.
(c) By sneaking out at night when no one is awake.
(d) By hiding her underneath Ruth's biggest dress.

5. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?
(a) Henrika.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Iris.
(d) Margarethe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?

3. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?

4. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?

5. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?

(see the answer key)

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