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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is kermis?
(a) The last day before Lent begins.
(b) The nickname Margarethe calls Clara behind her back.
(c) A religious practice that only girls are allowed to do.
(d) A type of Dutch dress.

2. Does Iris ever find an imp in the van den Meers' household?
(a) She finds evidence of it but not the actual imp itself.
(b) She sees it running down the street one night but is unable to catch it.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. What other major event happens the evening Rebekka dies?
(a) Margarethe realizes she is pregnant.
(b) Margarethe confesses to poisoning Henrika.
(c) Ruth says her first word.
(d) Van den Meer's boat of tulips arrives.

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

5. What piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?
(a) Her initials appear to have been carved into the side of the building long ago.
(b) She knows about a secret trapdoor.
(c) She has a key for the front door on a necklace.
(d) She knows a secret way inside.

6. Who is Clara?
(a) The ghost who lives in Schoonmaker's house.
(b) Caspar's sister.
(c) Van den Meer's beautiful young daughter.
(d) A street girl without a family.

7. What kind of mother is Henrika?
(a) Controlling.
(b) Absent.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Very loving.

8. Why does Clara become so upset when van den Meer tells Margarethe that the hutsepot she makes for Lent is the best he's ever had?
(a) Because Clara made it herself and wants the credit.
(b) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.
(c) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.
(d) Because he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.

9. Right before the unveiling of the painting the Master created for van den Meer, what does Margarethe call Clara that sends Clara into a screaming rage?
(a) A changeling.
(b) A spoiled brat.
(c) A doll.
(d) Adopted.

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

11. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?
(a) A portrait of tulips.
(b) Henrika's portrait is never replaced.
(c) A portrait of Margarethe.
(d) The portrait of Clara.

12. How is Ruth initially described in the novel?
(a) As shy and unable/unwilling to speak.
(b) As conscientious and unattractive.
(c) As beautiful and loving.
(d) As mentally impaired and hard to control.

13. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?
(a) He starts being mean to everyone around him.
(b) He is very proud and excited.
(c) He becomes incredibly wealthy.
(d) He becomes depressed.

14. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?
(a) A seashell.
(b) A pound of very stale flour.
(c) A personalized bible.
(d) A piece of red silk.

15. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?
(a) His collection of fine paintings.
(b) His collection of rare books.
(c) His collection of jewelry.
(d) A boat full of tulips that investors have given him money for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?

2. After the successful unveiling of the painting of Clara, what does Margarethe ask Mr. van den Meer for?

3. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?

4. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?

5. What health problems does Henrika begin to develop in Chapter 2?

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