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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 reaction does Clara have to the windmill?
(a) She finds it very dirty.
(b) She is grateful for its water fountain.
(c) She instantly decides she wants to move there.
(d) She seems to remember it from long ago.

2. Who is Luykas?
(a) Iris's father.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Schoonmaker's long-lost son.
(d) Mr. van den Meer; it's his Christian name.

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

4. What does Henrika die from?
(a) She stabs herself with a sharp blade.
(b) She dies of natural causes.
(c) Starving herself out of protest.
(d) Complications from giving birth too early.

5. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?
(a) Margarethe wants to show off her new family.
(b) The Master has been asked to paint a family portrait.
(c) Caspar is going to propose to Iris.
(d) Margarethe wants to be rude and show the Master that she is happier with Mr. Van den Meer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?

2. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?

3. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?

4. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?

5. What is the financial situation of the van den Meers when the Fishers move in with them?

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