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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: "Eight Dolls" - "Part Three: "Souls and Purses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?
(a) She turns all of the paintings to the wall.
(b) She writes a letter to her mother.
(c) She burns the portrait of Johannes in the fireplace.
(d) She writes in her journal.

2. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Marin.
(c) Nella.
(d) Jack.

3. How does Nella come to own the cabinet house?
(a) She finds it in the attic of the Brandt house and claims it as her own.
(b) It is a wedding present from Nella's mother.
(c) It is a wedding present from Marin.
(d) It is a wedding present from Johannes.

4. How long does Hole-Face say the miniaturist has been living in town?
(a) Three or four months.
(b) Five to six years.
(c) Two or three years.
(d) Two or three weeks.

5. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?
(a) She plans to visit Johannes at his work.
(b) She plans to sit him down so they can discuss their sexual problems openly.
(c) She plans to make him a special shirt.
(d) She plans to write him a list of all the ways she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression does Jack reveal he has visited the Brandt house this day with violent intentions?

2. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?

3. What object does Marin refer to as being "early to ripe, early to rot" (15) in reference to Nella's perfume?

4. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?

5. What item does the person taking a bath have sitting next to the bathtub that shocks Nella?

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