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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?
(a) Some meat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A pear.
(d) A loaf of bread.

2. When the book begins, from what country have the Fishers fled?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Holland.
(d) England.

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

4. When Iris is sure Margarethe is going to punish her for trying to sneak Clara out, what does Iris receive instead?
(a) No attention whatsoever, as if nothing happened.
(b) An extra loaf of bread with dinner.
(c) Orders to fetch the midwife immediately.
(d) A piece of candy for being so brave.

5. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?
(a) Young Woman with Tulips.
(b) Clara, My Beloved.
(c) Girl with Flowers by a Window.
(d) Young Woman with Two Lips.

6. What does Henrika die from?
(a) She dies of natural causes.
(b) She stabs herself with a sharp blade.
(c) Starving herself out of protest.
(d) Complications from giving birth too early.

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

8. What does the Master call Mr. van den Meer that crosses a line of acceptability?
(a) A money-hungry lump.
(b) A hen-pecked husband.
(c) A fraud.
(d) An adulterer.

9. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(b) That she loves him very much.
(c) That she has a family inheritance of her own.
(d) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.

10. Who is Caspar?
(a) A boy who works at a church.
(b) The Fishers' boss when Schoonmaker is gone.
(c) Schoonmaker's apprentice.
(d) The man who delivers groceries every day.

11. What health problems does Henrika begin to develop in Chapter 2?
(a) She begins to lose her eyesight.
(b) She has such bad pains in her legs that she can't walk anymore.
(c) She begins to have a very difficult pregnancy.
(d) She begins to go insane.

12. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?
(a) She finds it very dirty.
(b) She is grateful for its water fountain.
(c) She seems to remember it from long ago.
(d) She instantly decides she wants to move there.

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

14. When the book begins, who is the narrator?
(a) A man named Caspar.
(b) An older woman who is partially crippled.
(c) A man named Incubus.
(d) A reporter.

15. After the successful unveiling of the painting of Clara, what does Margarethe ask Mr. van den Meer for?
(a) For the chance for Iris to go to school.
(b) To be released from her job.
(c) A stipend.
(d) Better living arrangements.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Ruth and Iris related?

2. When they are young, what does Clara tell Iris is the only thing that makes her happy?

3. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?

4. Before the large dinner party where his painting of Clara is revealed, what does the Master do to help comfort Ruth?

5. Who is going to throw a ball?

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