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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she has no interest in a religious life after all.
(b) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.
(c) That she is worse with a needle and thread than she originally thought.
(d) That she cannot immediately draw well.

2. Who is Rebekka?
(a) A young girl Iris befriended in the neighborhood.
(b) A girl who has a condition similar to Ruth's.
(c) Margarethe's long-lost sister.
(d) A cook hired to help in the van den Meer household.

3. 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 he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.
(c) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.
(d) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.

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

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

6. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?
(a) The Master has been asked to paint a family portrait.
(b) Margarethe wants to show off her new family.
(c) Margarethe wants to be rude and show the Master that she is happier with Mr. Van den Meer.
(d) Caspar is going to propose to Iris.

7. What happens to Rebekka?
(a) She ends up having an affair with Mr. van den Meer.
(b) She steals money from the van den Meers.
(c) She is fired for teaching Iris how to read and write.
(d) She drops dead from the plague while in the van den Meer kitchen.

8. What city do the Fishers flee to?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Haarlem.
(d) The reader never learns the name of the city.

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

10. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?
(a) Iris.
(b) Margarethe.
(c) Henrika.
(d) Ruth.

11. After her mother's death, why is Clara forced to leave the house?
(a) To attend her mother's funeral.
(b) Because Margarethe demands she do it.
(c) Because her father wants to flee with her in the middle of the night.
(d) To go shopping in the marketplace.

12. Who is Pieter ten Broek?
(a) Margarethe's brother.
(b) A priest in a local church.
(c) Margarethe's grandfather.
(d) The girls' long-lost father.

13. What role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She paints copies of his paintings.
(b) She sits so he can paint her.
(c) She fetches new paints for him.
(d) She gathers flowers for him every day.

14. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?
(a) A hooded man.
(b) An imp.
(c) Strange animals.
(d) A sick relative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does van den Meer plan on revealing the painting he commissioned?

2. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?

3. What happens during Iris and Clara's attempts to get Clara out of the house?

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

5. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?

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