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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. Why is Clara upset about what Sinter Klaas left in her shoe?
(a) She thought she should have gotten more money, since she had lost more teeth that Ruth.
(b) She knows Sinter Klaas is not real but Margarethe is treating her like a child.
(c) She thought she deserved more candy than Ruth and Iris.
(d) She didn't receive anything and thinks Margarethe is playing a cruel joke on her.

2. Henrika and Margarethe usually get along:
(a) Not very well at all.
(b) Perfectly -- they quickly become best friends.
(c) Sometimes really well and sometimes not very well at all.
(d) They never see each other.

3. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?
(a) She worries Henrika is getting all of her mother's attention.
(b) She thinks they are becoming too friendly.
(c) She doesn't want Clara to begin to feel ignored.
(d) She doesn't want Henrika to kick out the Fishers.

4. Why do Clara and Iris decide to stop into the windmill while out ice skating?
(a) Iris needs to use a bathroom.
(b) They are very thirsty and are looking for water.
(c) They are just tired and want to take a break.
(d) Clara needs to use a bathroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?

2. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?

3. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?

4. Does Iris ever find an imp in the van den Meers' household?

5. What secret does Margarethe know about Henrika?

(see the answer key)

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