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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 donating it to a city museum.
(b) Through a fancy dinner party.
(c) By unveiling it in the town square.
(d) By donating it to a city church.

2. What illness is spreading around Haarlem?
(a) The plague.
(b) The flu.
(c) Some kind of unknown cancer.
(d) Some kind of contagious mental illness that makes people go insane.

3. What does the town say is the cause of Henrika's health issues?
(a) That Margarethe is secretly poisoning her.
(b) That something demonic resides in the house at night.
(c) That she is cruel so God is treating her cruelly.
(d) That she is too wealthy so she is being punished for not sharing her wealth.

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

5. What does Schoonmaker prefer the Fishers call him?
(a) Father.
(b) Sir.
(c) Master.
(d) Padrino.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the book begins, who is the narrator?

2. What does Henrika die from?

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

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

5. Who is Pieter ten Broek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a changeling?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Once she has been at the van den Meer's household for a little while, how does Iris's relationship with Caspar begin to change?

9. What does van den Meer's lost wealth mean for Margarethe's plan?

10. What kind of relationship does Margarethe imply that Caspar and the Master have in secret?

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