View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Master call Mr. van den Meer that crosses a line of acceptability?
(a) A hen-pecked husband.
(b) An adulterer.
(c) A fraud.
(d) A money-hungry lump.

2. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?
(a) A yo-yo.
(b) A flute.
(c) A toy windmill.
(d) A bouncing ball.

3. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?
(a) The lovely flowers on his front lawn.
(b) The vivid colors she sees through the window.
(c) How poor his family seems to be.
(d) The beautiful windows in the church.

4. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A pear.
(c) Some meat.
(d) A fish.

5. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?
(a) To beg for money in the streets.
(b) To pose naked while he paints her.
(c) To do very hard, physical labor even though she is very young.
(d) To spend all day in a very hot kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city do the Fishers flee to?

2. How are Ruth and Iris related?

3. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?

4. What piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?

5. Who is Caspar?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 311 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample