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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 happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?
(a) Iris panics and changes her mind.
(b) Ruth tells on them.
(c) Clara panics and changes her mind.
(d) Henrika catches them before they can get very far.

2. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?
(a) Her purse.
(b) Her shoe.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) The key she always wears around her neck.

3. 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 thought she should have gotten more money, since she had lost more teeth that Ruth.
(c) She didn't receive anything and thinks Margarethe is playing a cruel joke on her.
(d) She thought she deserved more candy than Ruth and Iris.

4. After her mother's death, why is Clara forced to leave the house?
(a) Because Margarethe demands she do it.
(b) To attend her mother's funeral.
(c) Because her father wants to flee with her in the middle of the night.
(d) To go shopping in the marketplace.

5. What do people spy Philippe doing to Clara when they are in a private room?
(a) Caressing her ankle with her shoe off.
(b) Asking for her hand in marriage.
(c) Kissing her neck.
(d) Playing with her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Cornelius to become so depressed?

2. Who is van Antum?

3. What does Clara suspect Ruth of doing to Margarethe's linen?

4. What city do the Fishers flee to?

5. What does Clara yell at Nicolaes van Stolk as she departs her house en route to the ball?

(see the answer key)

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