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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: "Outside In" - "Marriage Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?
(a) To be over-polite until she learns the rules of the house.
(b) They are muddy from her walk.
(c) They are making too much noise on the entryway floor.
(d) To show that country girls have manners, too.

2. When Marin says that the Brandts had sent their second best barge after Nella, whom does she say is using the family's best barge?
(a) Jack.
(b) Otto.
(c) Marin.
(d) Johannes.

3. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A birthday celebration.

4. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(b) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.
(c) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.
(d) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.

5. What object does Marin say that her family has that Nella's family does not, even though Nella's family has an "ancient pedigree" (12)?
(a) A warm, dry house.
(b) A hedge maze.
(c) Wheat in the food cellar.
(d) Fish in their own lake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?

3. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?

4. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?

5. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?

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