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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. Who was Jack Fisher?
(a) Iris's father.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Margarethe's first husband.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

2. How does Cornelius react to his grandchildren?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) With love.
(c) He doesn't react -- he completely ignores them.
(d) With displeasure.

3. Why does Clara tell the queen she is hiding her face?
(a) Because she is allergic to the flowers.
(b) Because she gets sunburned easily.
(c) Because she is Catholic.
(d) Because she is horribly disfigured.

4. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?
(a) A wooden chair.
(b) An ugly piano.
(c) A creaking dance floor.
(d) A stinky sofa.

5. How do Margarethe, Ruth, and Iris plan on getting dresses for the ball?
(a) They are using Henrika's old dresses.
(b) They are making Clara sew all of their dresses and accessories.
(c) A tailor is making custom dresses for them.
(d) They are sewing their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is van Antum?

2. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?

3. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?

4. What do Iris and Clara use as collateral in order to get Clara a gown?

5. Who is Clarissa Santiago of Aragon at the ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. During their dance at the ball, what does Iris worry about with regard to Caspar?

2. What does the trail of blood that follows Clara after the ball indicate?

3. What kind of perspective can Ruth offer about what happens to her family?

4. What reason does Ruth give for why she often appears inconsequential and stupid in the retelling of the story?

5. How does Margarethe react when Iris catches her seemingly trying to burn Young Woman with Tulips at the ball?

6. What exactly does Margarethe believe happens to her eyes after she has seen the Master's horrible paintings?

7. What does Iris worry will happen to Clara if they are forced to leave the beautiful van den Meer home?

8. What reasoning does Clara use in explaining to Iris why her beauty is actually a curse?

9. What message is the Master trying to convey when he asks, after showing Margarethe his paintings of hideous people, what she knows about charitable stories from the Bible?

10. Who is Caspar referring to when he initially tells Iris that she hopes she will not marry "the wrong man"?

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