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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. Who is Rebekka?
(a) A cook hired to help in the van den Meer household.
(b) Margarethe's long-lost sister.
(c) A young girl Iris befriended in the neighborhood.
(d) A girl who has a condition similar to Ruth's.

2. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?
(a) America.
(b) Holland.
(c) England.
(d) France.

3. What do Iris and Clara use as collateral in order to get Clara a gown?
(a) Henrika's jewels.
(b) Money Ruth has been secretly hiding away.
(c) Margarethe's fancy new shoes.
(d) The last of their family fortune.

4. What does Margarethe do to continually manipulate van Stolk and van Antum?
(a) She pretends she is wealthier than she is.
(b) She taunts them with glances and promises of Clara.
(c) She flirts with them herself, since she knows they have crushes on her.
(d) She preys on their kindness by always asking for mercy -- and money.

5. Before heading to the ball, what do Iris and Clara agree about Caspar?
(a) That Clara will not try to take him from Iris.
(b) That he really is a jerk.
(c) That he is in love with Clara and they should get married.
(d) That he is, in reality, a horrible painter despite all of his experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the book begins, who is the narrator?

2. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?

3. What does Clara confess, by her father's bedside, about why she felt such a connection with Ruth?

4. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?

5. What kind of mother is Henrika?

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