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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 knows a secret way inside.
(d) She has a key for the front door on a necklace.

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

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

5. What does Caspar tell Iris and Clara while they are out ice skating?
(a) That they are girls and shouldn't sweat so much.
(b) That they shouldn't go too far away.
(c) That they they both look beautiful on the ice.
(d) That they look like sisters.

6. When they are young, what does Clara tell Iris is the only thing that makes her happy?
(a) Listening to her father play the piano.
(b) Spending time in her private garden.
(c) Being alone in her room.
(d) Learning English from Iris.

7. Who is Schoonmaker?
(a) A long-lost relative of Margarethe's.
(b) A painter in the village.
(c) A city boy who helps them find the road.
(d) A priest.

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

9. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?
(a) No one really knows.
(b) He has been killed by a mob.
(c) He will be joining the Fisher family later.
(d) He left the family in poverty.

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

11. After the Fishers flee their homeland, who are they expecting will house and feed them?
(a) The girls' long-lost father.
(b) Margarethe's grandfather.
(c) Margarethe's brother.
(d) Nuns in a local church.

12. How does Iris propose getting Clara out of the house?
(a) By hiding her underneath Ruth's biggest dress.
(b) By sneaking her out in a wheelbarrow.
(c) By sneaking out at night when no one is awake.
(d) By just having her walk out the front door.

13. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?
(a) Master.
(b) Father.
(c) Sir.
(d) Padrino.

14. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.
(b) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(c) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(d) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?

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

3. When the book begins, who is the narrator?

4. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?

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

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