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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris tell Clara that changes her mind about attending the ball?
(a) That she is strong, brave, and has a good heart.
(b) That she needs to grow up.
(c) That she needs to do something to help her father and her family's situation.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

3. What does Caspar accuse Ruth of doing at the ball?
(a) Starting a fire.
(b) Sabotaging Clara's chance with the prince.
(c) Sabotaging Iris's chance with the prince.
(d) Having way too much to drink.

4. Who is the narrator of the Epilogue?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Clara.
(c) Iris.
(d) Caspar.

5. How did Marie de Medici lose her power?
(a) Her own son overthrew her.
(b) She resigned it.
(c) She lost it when her husband died.
(d) She never had much power to begin with.

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

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

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

9. What causes Cornelius to become so depressed?
(a) His unhappy marriage to Margarethe.
(b) His failing business venture.
(c) An accident in the kitchen that left Clara horribly scarred.
(d) No one really knows for sure.

10. How do Ruth and Iris get to the ball?
(a) They have to walk.
(b) They share a bicycle.
(c) In a private carriage.
(d) Caspar lends them a horse.

11. As the ball approaches and Clara becomes increasingly reclusive, what does Iris accuse her of becoming like?
(a) A house servant.
(b) A nun.
(c) A priest.
(d) A domesticated animal.

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

13. What advice does the narrator wish had been given to Clara?
(a) That things usually work out for the best.
(b) That beauty eventually fades.
(c) That she shouldn't be so shy about her face.
(d) That the young should be careful.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Margarethe's confession of her crime, where does Clara go?

3. Who is the first person Iris and Ruth find at the ball?

4. What ended up happening to Cornelius's finances?

5. What signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?

(see the answer keys)

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