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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: "Study" - Part Two: "Tales" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks what would happen if Agnes and Frans found out about Johannes's homosexuality?
(a) She says she suspects they would not have mercy.
(b) She says she thinks they would keep the secret to themselves.
(c) She says that Agnes and Frans know about Johannes already.
(d) She says she suspects they would give Johannes the chance to flee.

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

3. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) In the best kitchen.
(c) In Nella's room.
(d) In the conservatory.

4. 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.

5. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?
(a) He touches the back of her neck.
(b) Peebo starts to make noise.
(c) She puts her hand on his breeches.
(d) Marin walks into the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?

2. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?

3. To Nella's surprise, Marin tells her that what object will protect the Brandt household in the face of Johannes's homosexuality?

4. What is the characteristic feature that helps everyone in the Brandt household distinguish between their dogs Rezeki and Dhana?

5. Who is heard giggling in the shadows during Marin and Nella's first meeting?

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