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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Gallery of God's Mistakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) That she needs to grow up.
(c) That she is strong, brave, and has a good heart.
(d) That she needs to do something to help her father and her family's situation.

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

3. Before the large dinner party where his painting of Clara is revealed, what does the Master do to help comfort Ruth?
(a) He holds her hand.
(b) He presents her with a painting of her own.
(c) He hums her favorite songs.
(d) He speaks softly to her.

4. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That she loves him very much.
(b) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.
(c) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(d) That she has a family inheritance of her own.

5. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?
(a) The nuns in the church next door.
(b) The town seamstress.
(c) The town baker.
(d) Caspar and the Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens her door at the commotion in the marketplace and talks to Ruth?

2. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?

3. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?

4. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?

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

(see the answer key)

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