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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peebo get out of the Brandt house?
(a) Marin takes him out of the cage and throws him into the street.
(b) Nella decides to set him free in a meadow.
(c) He escapes from the cabinet house and flies out the front door.
(d) He flies out of an open window.

2. What does Nella announce aloud just before she goes out in the night to speak to the miniaturist?
(a) She says she means no harm.
(b) She summons her guardian angel.
(c) She says she is not frightened.
(d) She says that she wishes for God to protect her.

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

4. How much younger does Nella decide she is than Marin?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?

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

3. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?

4. What does Marin do after Frans announces his intentions to ruin Johannes?

5. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?

(see the answer key)

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