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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. After his wife dies, what investment does van den Meer worry has been lost?
(a) A boat full of tulips that investors have given him money for.
(b) His collection of fine paintings.
(c) His collection of rare books.
(d) His collection of jewelry.

2. Right before the unveiling of the painting the Master created for van den Meer, what does Margarethe call Clara that sends Clara into a screaming rage?
(a) A changeling.
(b) A doll.
(c) A spoiled brat.
(d) Adopted.

3. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
(a) An old, hairy woman who wanders around town.
(b) The name of the ghost that lives in the Van den Meer's attic.
(c) The nickname the townspeople have given to Ruth.
(d) The nickname the townspeople have given to Margarethe.

4. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?
(a) A hooded man.
(b) Strange animals.
(c) A sick relative.
(d) An imp.

5. After the Master's painting is met with great success, what does he ask Margarethe?
(a) If she will teach him how to paint like they do in England.
(b) To adopt Ruth.
(c) To adopt Iris.
(d) If she will move back in with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Ruth try to steal in the marketplace?

2. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?

3. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?

4. Right before the evening when her painting is unveiled, what cruel thing does Clara say to Iris when Iris comes to try to coax her out of her bedroom?

5. How is Iris initially described in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Iris's role to be at the van den Meers?

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

4. How does Clara initially react to her new stepmother's demands that she help with housework?

5. What kind of tone does the Prologue have?

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

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

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

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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