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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. Why does Clara decline at first to dance with the prince?
(a) She doesn't know how to dance.
(b) She wants to give Iris a chance first.
(c) She lies about having a turned ankle.
(d) She only has one shoe on.

2. What does Margarethe do to continually manipulate van Stolk and van Antum?
(a) She preys on their kindness by always asking for mercy -- and money.
(b) She pretends she is wealthier than she is.
(c) She taunts them with glances and promises of Clara.
(d) She flirts with them herself, since she knows they have crushes on her.

3. Who is going to throw a ball?
(a) The mayor of Haarlem.
(b) Marie de Medici.
(c) Margarethe.
(d) The mayor's wife.

4. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?
(a) To do very hard, physical labor even though she is very young.
(b) To beg for money in the streets.
(c) To spend all day in a very hot kitchen.
(d) To pose naked while he paints her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?

2. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?

3. Who warns Clara when van Stolk enters the ball?

4. What color dress does Clara wear to the ball?

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

(see the answer key)

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