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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 does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?
(a) Master.
(b) Padrino.
(c) Sir.
(d) Father.

2. When the book begins, who is the narrator?
(a) A reporter.
(b) An older woman who is partially crippled.
(c) A man named Incubus.
(d) A man named Caspar.

3. As the ball approaches and Margarethe is tight for money, why does she claim the Master owes her money?
(a) Because he never paid her enough when she was working for him.
(b) Because she and Iris helped him land the Young Girl with Tulips painting.
(c) Because he has lots of money now and she has very little.
(d) Because she knows he has been secretly stealing from the Van den Meers.

4. Who warns Clara when van Stolk enters the ball?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Schoonmaker.
(d) Iris.

5. Why is Clara upset about what Sinter Klaas left in her shoe?
(a) She knows Sinter Klaas is not real but Margarethe is treating her like a child.
(b) She didn't receive anything and thinks Margarethe is playing a cruel joke on her.
(c) She thought she should have gotten more money, since she had lost more teeth that Ruth.
(d) She thought she deserved more candy than Ruth and Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What key item did Clara leave behind at the ball?

2. How does Iris describe Ruth as they are traveling to the ball?

3. What changes about Clara's dress after the ball?

4. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?

5. What does Henrika die from?

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