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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Iris worried about how Henrika and Margarethe interact?
(a) She thinks they are becoming too friendly.
(b) She doesn't want Henrika to kick out the Fishers.
(c) She worries Henrika is getting all of her mother's attention.
(d) She doesn't want Clara to begin to feel ignored.

2. What good news does van den Meer receive from an investment partner about his investment?
(a) That most of his rare books somehow survived a fire.
(b) That his paintings are still safe in the museum.
(c) That the jewels have been found.
(d) That the ship has only been delayed, not lost.

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

4. 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 look like sisters.
(c) That they shouldn't go too far away.
(d) That they they both look beautiful on the ice.

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

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

7. What ultimately leads Clara to leave the house on a regular basis with Iris and Ruth?
(a) Having to spend all day cleaning.
(b) Having to spend all day with Margarethe.
(c) Being left out of Ruth and Iris's fun adventures.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

9. What famous fairy tale does Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister depend on the reader being familiar with?
(a) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Cinderella.

10. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?
(a) A pastry.
(b) A letter.
(c) A fancy silk handkerchief.
(d) A toy windmill.

11. Right before the evening when her painting is unveiled, what cruel thing does Clara say to Iris when Iris comes to try to coax her out of her bedroom?
(a) That her father is dead so she can't relate to how she feels.
(b) That she is too dumb to be important to anyone.
(c) That she is hideously ugly and will never be anything.
(d) That she's just being kept around to make Clara look prettier.

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

13. After the Master's painting is met with great success, what does he ask Margarethe?
(a) If she will move back in with him.
(b) If she will teach him how to paint like they do in England.
(c) To adopt Iris.
(d) To adopt Ruth.

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

15. What does the town say is the cause of Henrika's health issues?
(a) That she is too wealthy so she is being punished for not sharing her wealth.
(b) That something demonic resides in the house at night.
(c) That Margarethe is secretly poisoning her.
(d) That she is cruel so God is treating her cruelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?

2. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?

3. Who is Luykas?

4. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?

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

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