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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nella discovers that Marin has been hiding a pregnancy, how soon does Nella believe the baby will arrive?
(a) She believes that Marin is in her first trimester.
(b) She believes that the baby is nearly ready to arrive.
(c) She believes that Marin is in her second trimester.
(d) She believes that the baby must be overdue.

2. What does Marin do after Frans announces his intentions to ruin Johannes?
(a) She collapses.
(b) She runs into her bedroom.
(c) She flies at him.
(d) She falls into the arms of Nella.

3. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?
(a) Lute.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Piano.

4. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Satisfactory.
(b) Thoughtful.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Realistic.

5. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?
(a) Angry.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Elated.
(d) Brooding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the doll version of Johannes different from the real version, according to Nella?

2. The narrator states that after the words greed and flood, what is "the worst word in the city's lexicon" (249)?

3. What fact does Nella tell Cornelia is the only thing she knows about the miniaturist?

4. In what month is Johannes captured by the authorities before he can escape by ship?

5. In what month of 1687 does Part Four begin?

(see the answer key)

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