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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Ball.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?
(a) A bouncing ball.
(b) A flute.
(c) A toy windmill.
(d) A yo-yo.

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

3. Right before the unveiling of the painting the Master created for van den Meer, what does Margarethe call Clara that sends Clara into a screaming rage?
(a) A spoiled brat.
(b) Adopted.
(c) A changeling.
(d) A doll.

4. How does Ruth react when the Master says, at the ball, that he wishes Margarethe would have burned his painting?
(a) She spits involuntarily.
(b) She stares coldly at him.
(c) She speaks for the first time in the novel.
(d) She starts to cry.

5. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(b) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(c) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(d) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?

2. Who is Clara?

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

4. What do people spy Philippe doing to Clara when they are in a private room?

5. Who is the ball's guest of honor?

(see the answer key)

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