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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the financial situation of the van den Meers when the Fishers move in with them?
(a) The van den Meers are on the brink of poverty.
(b) The van den Meers are poor now, but expect to get more money.
(c) The van den Meers are very wealthy.
(d) The van den Meers are neither rich nor poor.

2. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?
(a) That the colors are very, very ugly.
(b) That they don't portray Ruth truthfully.
(c) That they are accurate but flattering.
(d) That they are horribly ugly.

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

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

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

6. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
(a) The nickname the townspeople have given to Ruth.
(b) The nickname the townspeople have given to Margarethe.
(c) An old, hairy woman who wanders around town.
(d) The name of the ghost that lives in the Van den Meer's attic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why is Clara upset about what Sinter Klaas left in her shoe?
(a) She thought she should have gotten more money, since she had lost more teeth that Ruth.
(b) She didn't receive anything and thinks Margarethe is playing a cruel joke on her.
(c) She thought she deserved more candy than Ruth and Iris.
(d) She knows Sinter Klaas is not real but Margarethe is treating her like a child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately leads Clara to leave the house on a regular basis with Iris and Ruth?

2. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?

3. What secret does Margarethe know about Henrika?

4. 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?

5. What other major event happens the evening Rebekka dies?

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