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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. Who is Pieter ten Broek?
(a) The girls' long-lost father.
(b) Margarethe's brother.
(c) A priest in a local church.
(d) Margarethe's grandfather.

2. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?
(a) He has moved to America.
(b) He is in an insane asylum.
(c) He has lost his job with the church and is very poor now.
(d) He has died.

3. What piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?
(a) She knows a secret way inside.
(b) Her initials appear to have been carved into the side of the building long ago.
(c) She has a key for the front door on a necklace.
(d) She knows about a secret trapdoor.

4. After the Master's painting is met with great success, what does he ask Margarethe?
(a) To adopt Iris.
(b) To adopt Ruth.
(c) If she will move back in with him.
(d) If she will teach him how to paint like they do in England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clara tell the queen she is hiding her face?

2. After her mother's death, why is Clara forced to leave the house?

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

4. Who is Schoonmaker?

5. Who is the American equivalent of Sinter Klaas, the person for whom the girls leave their shoes out one night?

(see the answer key)

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