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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. Why are the Master and Caspar invited over for dinner with the newly formed van den Meer family?
(a) Margarethe wants to be rude and show the Master that she is happier with Mr. Van den Meer.
(b) The Master has been asked to paint a family portrait.
(c) Margarethe wants to show off her new family.
(d) Caspar is going to propose to Iris.

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?
(a) She thinks he is going to commit suicide.
(b) She worries he is planning to kill Mr. Van den Meer.
(c) She doesn't know to whom he is referring.
(d) She thinks he is referring to Margarethe.

3. When she first arrives, what services does Margarethe offer the townspeople in exchange for food and housing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Anything she can think of.
(c) Ministering.
(d) Painting.

4. What kind of mother is Henrika?
(a) Very loving.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Absent.

5. 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 loves him very much.
(c) That she has a family inheritance of her own.
(d) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?

2. Who is Clara?

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

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

5. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Iris ask Margarethe specifically to teach her how to cook and prepare a meal?

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 does the title of Chapter 2, "The Imp-Riddled House," mean?

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

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

6. Where does Henrika's wealth come from?

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

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

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

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