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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the ball approaches and Margarethe is tight for money, why does she claim the Master owes her money?
(a) Because he has lots of money now and she has very little.
(b) Because he never paid her enough when she was working for him.
(c) Because she knows he has been secretly stealing from the Van den Meers.
(d) Because she and Iris helped him land the Young Girl with Tulips painting.

2. What profession did Iris end up going into?
(a) Painting.
(b) Baking.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Teaching.

3. What key item did Clara leave behind at the ball?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her shoe.
(d) The key she always wears around her neck.

4. Who does Ruth suspect of kidnapping Clara as a child?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Van Stolk.
(c) Caspar.
(d) Her own father.

5. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) Van den Meer's amazing library of unique books.
(c) The Young Woman with Tulips painting.
(d) The nice pots and pans in the kitchen.

6. What happened to the Master's reputation after the ball?
(a) It diminished.
(b) It was unaffected.
(c) It ebbed and flowed.
(d) It skyrocketed.

7. What does the title of Chapter 4, "The Gallery of God's Mistakes," refer to?
(a) The cruel name Margarethe has to refer to both of her children.
(b) The mess of a household that is now the Van den Meers.
(c) A secret gallery of paintings Schoonmaker has.
(d) The nickname for the town's church.

8. What does Clara confess, by her father's bedside, about why she felt such a connection with Ruth?
(a) Ruth can actually talk but only does so to Clara.
(b) Ruth has been teaching her in secret to read and write.
(c) Clara thinks Ruth is a changeling, too.
(d) Ruth's illness makes Clara feel even more beautiful than she already does.

9. How does Clara end up dying?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) From a heart complaint.
(c) Margarethe finally gets her revenge and kills her.
(d) From sadness.

10. How does Margarethe suggest Iris take care of the whole family?
(a) By getting a good job as a cook.
(b) By killing herself.
(c) By marrying Caspar.
(d) By marrying the prince.

11. Who does Ruth end up marrying?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) No one.
(c) The prince.
(d) Caspar.

12. How much of the van den Meers' household has been lost because of their debt?
(a) Half of their furniture and all of Henrika's possessions.
(b) Only one bedroom of furniture and one closet of clothes.
(c) Nothing. Margarethe refuses to allow anyone to take anything.
(d) Nearly everything they own except for one bed everyone shares.

13. What does Philippe end up dying from?
(a) Accidental poisoning.
(b) Consumption.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Murder.

14. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?
(a) The key she always wears around her neck.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her shoe.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

15. Who insists on introducing Ruth and Iris to the prince?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Caspar.
(c) Clara.
(d) Dame Pruyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Iris and Clara use as collateral in order to get Clara a gown?

2. In the Epilogue, what reason does Ruth admit for acting dumb?

3. What does Clara yell at Nicolaes van Stolk as she departs her house en route to the ball?

4. Who is Clarissa Santiago of Aragon at the ball?

5. What kind of life does Ruth claim Iris led?

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