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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. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?
(a) Van den Meer's amazing library of unique books.
(b) The Young Woman with Tulips painting.
(c) The nice pots and pans in the kitchen.
(d) Margarethe.

2. What is the financial situation of the van den Meers when the Fishers move in with them?
(a) The van den Meers are neither rich nor poor.
(b) The van den Meers are on the brink of poverty.
(c) The van den Meers are very wealthy.
(d) The van den Meers are poor now, but expect to get more money.

3. Who is van Stolk?
(a) A man both Clara and Iris have big crushes on.
(b) A kindly neighbor who often stops over for dinner.
(c) A man who paid off van den Meer's debts.
(d) Another apprentice of the Master's.

4. In Chapter 4, what ailment does Margarethe claim to have gotten while visiting the Master and seeing his horrible paintings?
(a) Some kind of eye infection.
(b) A problem with her hearing.
(c) A curse which only lets her have bad dreams.
(d) A heart murmur.

5. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A pear.
(c) Some meat.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Caspar tell Iris and Clara while they are out ice skating?

3. How much of the van den Meers' household has been lost because of their debt?

4. What happens to Rebekka?

5. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

(see the answer key)

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