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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. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
(a) She feels as if she is being watched.
(b) She feels as if she should run away.
(c) She feels as if she is being made fun of.
(d) She feels as if the whole neighborhood is staring at her.

2. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) She says that herring is a living being that should not be consumed.
(b) She says that dairy foods corrupt the bodily functions.
(c) She says that sugar makes people's souls grow sick.
(d) She says that figs and sour cream foster gluttony.

3. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?
(a) She fractures Nella's arm.
(b) She yanks out some of Nella's hair.
(c) She fractures Nella's finger.
(d) She bruises Nella's arm.

4. Who is heard giggling in the shadows during Marin and Nella's first meeting?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Frans.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Otto.

5. Who delivers the package containing Nella's first miniatures?
(a) Otto.
(b) Jack.
(c) Johannes.
(d) The miniaturist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many younger siblings does Nella have, and what gender(s) are her siblings?

2. 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)?

3. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?

4. What falls from between the pages of a book when Nella is snooping around in the library?

5. In what year does the first chapter of Part One take place?

(see the answer key)

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