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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) By donating it to a city church.
(d) Through a fancy dinner party.

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 he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.
(b) Because Clara made it herself and wants the credit.
(c) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.
(d) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.

3. Who is going to throw a ball?
(a) Marie de Medici.
(b) Margarethe.
(c) The mayor's wife.
(d) The mayor of Haarlem.

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

5. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?
(a) Young Woman with Tulips.
(b) Young Woman with Two Lips.
(c) Clara, My Beloved.
(d) Girl with Flowers by a Window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is kermis?

2. What role does Margarethe take in Schoonmaker's household?

3. What has happened to Pieter ten Broek?

4. Before the large dinner party where his painting of Clara is revealed, what does the Master do to help comfort Ruth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelation does Iris have about her new step-father during his marriage ceremony?

2. What does the reader learn about Ruth's character and personality by the end of Chapter 1?

3. How do the Fishers end up at the van den Meers' house?

4. What goals is Marie de Medici trying to achieve through the ball?

5. How does Clara change after the incident at the windmill?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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