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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. Who is Caspar?
(a) The man who delivers groceries every day.
(b) Schoonmaker's apprentice.
(c) A boy who works at a church.
(d) The Fishers' boss when Schoonmaker is gone.

2. 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.

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

4. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?
(a) A seashell.
(b) A pound of very stale flour.
(c) A piece of red silk.
(d) A personalized bible.

5. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?
(a) He is in an insane asylum.
(b) He has died.
(c) He has lost his job with the church and is very poor now.
(d) He has moved to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is kermis?

2. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?

3. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?

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

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

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