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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 famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Cinderella.

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

3. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?
(a) A letter.
(b) A pastry.
(c) A toy windmill.
(d) A fancy silk handkerchief.

4. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?
(a) He becomes incredibly wealthy.
(b) He becomes depressed.
(c) He is very proud and excited.
(d) He starts being mean to everyone around him.

5. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?
(a) The girls' long-lost father.
(b) Margarethe's brother.
(c) Margarethe's grandfather.
(d) Nuns in a local church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the van den Meers' wealth at the end of Chapter 3?

2. Who is Rebekka?

3. What does the Master call Mr. van den Meer that crosses a line of acceptability?

4. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?

5. Who is a member of the Fisher family?

(see the answer key)

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