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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 the title of Chapter 4, "The Gallery of God's Mistakes," refer to?
(a) The mess of a household that is now the Van den Meers.
(b) A secret gallery of paintings Schoonmaker has.
(c) The nickname for the town's church.
(d) The cruel name Margarethe has to refer to both of her children.

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

3. How does Iris propose getting Clara out of the house?
(a) By sneaking out at night when no one is awake.
(b) By sneaking her out in a wheelbarrow.
(c) By just having her walk out the front door.
(d) By hiding her underneath Ruth's biggest dress.

4. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?
(a) A fish.
(b) A pear.
(c) Some meat.
(d) A loaf of bread.

5. When the Fishers first arrive in the marketplace, how are they treated?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Coldly.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Suspiciously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What non-family member do Ruth, Iris, and Clara enlist in helping them get Clara to the ball?

2. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?

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

4. What is kermis?

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

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