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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Margarethe know about Henrika?
(a) That Henrika is having an affair.
(b) That Clara isn't actually Mr. Van den Meer's son.
(c) That Henrika is pregnant.
(d) That Henrika is hiding money.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Iris ever find an imp in the van den Meers' household?

2. What health problems does Henrika begin to develop in Chapter 2?

3. What prompts Iris to try to get Clara out of the house in Chapter 2?

4. After Rebekka's death, what does Margarethe worry has happened to the household?

5. Who is a member of the Fisher family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clara pout about attending the event where her painting is unveiled?

2. What does the title of Chapter 3, "The Girl of Ashes," refer to?

3. What is a changeling?

4. Why does Iris ask Margarethe specifically to teach her how to cook and prepare a meal?

5. What revelation does Iris have about her mother during her mother's marriage ceremony?

6. Where does Henrika's wealth come from?

7. What kind of figure does Ruth become as she begins to get a little older?

8. While painting his famous painting of Clara, the Master says that he is "going to ruin" someone. Who does he mean?

9. When Heer van den Meer first asks for Iris to come to his house and work for him, Iris wishes she could be an inanimate object. What does this symbolize?

10. What painting does Heer van den Meer commission Schoonmaker to paint?

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