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

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

4. What does Clara suspect Ruth of doing to Margarethe's linen?
(a) Putting red pepper on it to make her eyes worse.
(b) Washing it more than necessary to make sure it's especially clean.
(c) Not washing it at all but claiming she did.
(d) Selling it for something cheaper and pocketing the money.

5. Who does Iris and Ruth's hair for the ball?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) They each do their own hair.
(c) Clara.
(d) A hairdresser.

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

7. In the Epilogue, Ruth claims that Iris was better at doing what than painting?
(a) Observing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Cooking.

8. What signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?
(a) A kick under the table.
(b) A little handwritten note.
(c) A poke in the side.
(d) A slight cough.

9. Who was Jack Fisher?
(a) Iris's father.
(b) Margarethe's first husband.
(c) Ruth's father.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

11. Who is the ball's guest of honor?
(a) The mayor of Haarlem.
(b) The Master.
(c) Van den Meer.
(d) Philippe de Marsillac.

12. What kind of head piece will Clara wear to the ball to disguise herself?
(a) A mask.
(b) A Spanish veil.
(c) She is not going to disguise herself at all at the ball.
(d) A hooded cloak.

13. Who unexpectedly arrives at the van den Meers' home the morning after the ball?
(a) Caspar and Philippe.
(b) Philippe.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Caspar.

14. Who does Iris dance with first at the ball?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Someone she doesn't know -- or like.
(d) Caspar.

15. According to the Master, what is the reason behind Margarethe's lie about his relationship with Caspar?
(a) Margarethe wanted Iris to marry someone better.
(b) She was blackmailing him for money for food.
(c) She always was in love with the Master.
(d) She always was in love with Caspar.