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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. How does van den Meer plan on revealing the painting he commissioned?
(a) By unveiling it in the town square.
(b) By donating it to a city museum.
(c) Through a fancy dinner party.
(d) By donating it to a city church.

2. Why does Clara become so upset when van den Meer tells Margarethe that the hutsepot she makes for Lent is the best he's ever had?
(a) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.
(b) Because he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.
(c) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.
(d) Because Clara made it herself and wants the credit.

3. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A fish.
(c) A pear.
(d) Some meat.

4. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That she has a family inheritance of her own.
(b) That she loves him very much.
(c) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.
(d) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.

5. Who is Clara?
(a) Caspar's sister.
(b) A street girl without a family.
(c) Van den Meer's beautiful young daughter.
(d) The ghost who lives in Schoonmaker's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?

2. Who is going to throw a ball?

3. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?

4. What does the town say is the cause of Henrika's health issues?

5. What are Iris and Margarethe a little afraid Schoonmaker will ask Iris to do when they first start working together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a changeling?

2. What leads to a shift of power in the marriage of van den Meer and his wife?

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

4. How does Clara get the nickname of "Cinderella"?

5. What lesson does Margarethe want Iris to take away from their discussion about how everyone is trapped in their life by some circumstance?

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

9. How does Heer van den Meer first present Iris to Clara?

10. When Cornelius discovers that Schoonmaker has not been invited to the wedding, what does he ask Iris to do?

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