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

2. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?
(a) She was born there.
(b) She used to help her father sell flowers there as a child.
(c) She used to play there with her father when she was very little.
(d) She was turned into a changeling there.

3. What catches Iris's eye about Schoonmaker's lodgings?
(a) How poor his family seems to be.
(b) The vivid colors she sees through the window.
(c) The beautiful windows in the church.
(d) The lovely flowers on his front lawn.

4. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?
(a) That they are horribly ugly.
(b) That they are accurate but flattering.
(c) That they don't portray Ruth truthfully.
(d) That the colors are very, very ugly.

5. When the town's river freezes over, how do Clara and Iris share their one pair of skates?
(a) Each girl takes one skate apiece.
(b) Clara lets Iris use them both as a special treat.
(c) They take turns using the skates.
(d) They decide not to use them at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Master's painting is met with great success, what does he ask Margarethe?

2. Why does Margarethe feel that Philippe de Marisllac will be interested in Iris?

3. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?

4. As they prepare for the ball, what does Margarethe demand Iris fill the house with?

5. How do Ruth and Iris get to the ball?

(see the answer key)

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