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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 does Iris and Ruth's hair for the ball?
(a) They each do their own hair.
(b) Clara.
(c) A hairdresser.
(d) Margarethe.

2. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?
(a) Some kind of contagious mental illness that makes people go insane.
(b) The flu.
(c) Some kind of unknown cancer.
(d) The plague.

3. How is Margarethe initially described in the novel?
(a) As silent and strong.
(b) As strict and careworn.
(c) As stubborn and rude.
(d) As optimistic and kind.

4. Who is going to throw a ball?
(a) The mayor's wife.
(b) Marie de Medici.
(c) The mayor of Haarlem.
(d) Margarethe.

5. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?
(a) Clara lets Iris use them both as a special treat.
(b) They take turns using the skates.
(c) They decide not to use them at all.
(d) Each girl takes one skate apiece.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what ailment does Margarethe claim to have gotten while visiting the Master and seeing his horrible paintings?

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

3. Who is Schoonmaker?

4. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?

5. As the ball approaches and Clara becomes increasingly reclusive, what does Iris accuse her of becoming like?

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