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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 Clara get home from the ball?
(a) The prince sends her home in his private carriage.
(b) Schoonmaker walks her home.
(c) With Caspar, on his large white horse.
(d) With the help of the Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies.

2. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?
(a) With anger.
(b) With shouts of excitement.
(c) With awe.
(d) With no fanfare at all.

3. As the ball approaches and Margarethe is tight for money, why does she claim the Master owes her money?
(a) Because she knows he has been secretly stealing from the Van den Meers.
(b) Because he has lots of money now and she has very little.
(c) Because he never paid her enough when she was working for him.
(d) Because she and Iris helped him land the Young Girl with Tulips painting.

4. Who is van Stolk?
(a) Another apprentice of the Master's.
(b) A kindly neighbor who often stops over for dinner.
(c) A man who paid off van den Meer's debts.
(d) A man both Clara and Iris have big crushes on.

5. What non-family member do Ruth, Iris, and Clara enlist in helping them get Clara to the ball?
(a) Caspar.
(b) The Master.
(c) Van Stolk.
(d) Clara's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes the ball to end abruptly?

2. How much of the van den Meers' household has been lost because of their debt?

3. Who does the Master tell Iris he views as responsible for bringing van den Meer to ruin?

4. What happened to the Gallery of God's Mistakes after the Master died?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth surmise happened to the greedy van Stolk?

3. Why is Margarethe in such shock when Ruth speaks the word "Ashgirl" when referring to Clara?

4. Why is Iris surprised to learn that many of the guests at the ball are still talking about her, even after the prince and Clara retire to the private room?

5. During their argument at the ball, how do Iris and the Master call a truce during their argument?

6. What happens in the dream Iris has the night of the ball?

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

8. What causes the prince to be initially interested in Iris?

9. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?

10. What does Ruth have to say about beauty in the Epilogue?

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