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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. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Ministering.
(c) Anything she can think of.
(d) Painting.

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

3. When they are young, what does Clara tell Iris is the only thing that makes her happy?
(a) Listening to her father play the piano.
(b) Being alone in her room.
(c) Spending time in her private garden.
(d) Learning English from Iris.

4. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She gathers flowers for him every day.
(b) She sits so he can paint her.
(c) She fetches new paints for him.
(d) She paints copies of his paintings.

5. After the successful unveiling of the painting of Clara, what does Margarethe ask Mr. van den Meer for?
(a) To be released from her job.
(b) For the chance for Iris to go to school.
(c) Better living arrangements.
(d) A stipend.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?

4. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?

5. Who is going to throw a ball?

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