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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 does Henrika die from?
(a) She dies of natural causes.
(b) She stabs herself with a sharp blade.
(c) Starving herself out of protest.
(d) Complications from giving birth too early.

2. What toy is Ruth given after the commotion in the marketplace when the Fishers first arrive?
(a) A toy windmill.
(b) A bouncing ball.
(c) A flute.
(d) A yo-yo.

3. What happens to Rebekka?
(a) She ends up having an affair with Mr. van den Meer.
(b) She is fired for teaching Iris how to read and write.
(c) She drops dead from the plague while in the van den Meer kitchen.
(d) She steals money from the van den Meers.

4. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(b) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(c) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.
(d) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.

5. What items does Margarethe give Iris to give the Van den Meers when she is sent over to their household for the first time?
(a) A pastry.
(b) A toy windmill.
(c) A fancy silk handkerchief.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iris think of Caspar's paintings of Ruth?

2. What do Caspar and Iris both believe lives in the highest part of the van den Meers' house?

3. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?

4. What happens to the van den Meers' wealth at the end of Chapter 3?

5. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Henrika's wealth come from?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

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