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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Clara upset about what Sinter Klaas left in her shoe?
2. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?
3. What does Henrika die from?
4. Before the large dinner party where his painting of Clara is revealed, what does the Master do to help comfort Ruth?
5. Who does Iris eventually go to apprentice with, after much protest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What revelation does Iris have about her mother during her mother's marriage ceremony?
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 is a changeling?
4. When Cornelius discovers that Schoonmaker has not been invited to the wedding, what does he ask Iris to do?
5. What does the reader learn about Ruth's character and personality by the end of Chapter 1?
6. How do the Fishers end up at the van den Meers' house?
7. What does van den Meer's lost wealth mean for Margarethe's plan?
8. What do tulips symbolize in the beginning of the novel?
9. What goals is Marie de Medici trying to achieve through the ball?
10. What does the title of Chapter 2, "The Imp-Riddled House," mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Margarethe could easily be described as a selfish character based on her actions throughout the story. A counter argument can also be made, however, that she is a selfless character who continually acts out of a concern to improve the situations of those around her, often at her own expense, suffering, and unhappiness. Present an argument that Margarethe is in fact a selfless character, using at least three specific examples of her selfless actions from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Complete a character analysis of the Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies. What kind of character is she? How does her character change throughout the novel (or does it)? What role does she play in the text? What is the reader supposed to think of her? Does the reader's opinion of her change as the story progresses? Is she a "good" character, a "bad" character, or both? What literary tools does Maguire use to develop her character?
Essay Topic 3
Conventional wisdom dictates that children often end up like one of their parents. Using either Margarethe and Iris OR Henrika and Clara, compare and contrast how each girl grows up to be like and unlike her mother. Make sure to list at least three similarities and three differences, using evidence from the text to support your claims.
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