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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. How does Nella feel after any conversation with Agnes?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Angry.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Energized.

2. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Marin.
(d) Nella and Johannes.

3. To Nella's surprise, Marin tells her that what object will protect the Brandt household in the face of Johannes's homosexuality?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Christ's love.
(d) Sugar profits.

4. For what reason does Hole-Face say he does not and will not speak to the miniaturist?
(a) He says the miniaturist has the Devil in her.
(b) He says that he does not understand her language.
(c) He says he owes the miniaturist money.
(d) He says that the miniaturist never emerges from the shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?

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

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