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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 piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?
(a) She has a key for the front door on a necklace.
(b) She knows about a secret trapdoor.
(c) She knows a secret way inside.
(d) Her initials appear to have been carved into the side of the building long ago.

2. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?
(a) As conscientious and unattractive.
(b) As beautiful and loving.
(c) As shy and unable/unwilling to speak.
(d) As mentally impaired and hard to control.

3. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she cannot immediately draw well.
(b) That she is worse with a needle and thread than she originally thought.
(c) That she has no interest in a religious life after all.
(d) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.

4. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
(a) The name of the ghost that lives in the Van den Meer's attic.
(b) The nickname the townspeople have given to Ruth.
(c) An old, hairy woman who wanders around town.
(d) The nickname the townspeople have given to Margarethe.

5. Who is Pieter ten Broek?
(a) A priest in a local church.
(b) Margarethe's grandfather.
(c) Margarethe's brother.
(d) The girls' long-lost father.

Short Answer 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?

2. Henrika and Margarethe usually get along:

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

4. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?

5. What happens to Rebekka?

(see the answer key)

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