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

2. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?
(a) The family had no longer drunk wine.
(b) The servants had fallen away.
(c) The meat had gotten scraggier.
(d) The soup had thinned.

3. Johannes tells Nella that home is where what is?
(a) True identity.
(b) Support.
(c) Love.
(d) Comfort.

4. 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 give Johannes the chance to flee.
(b) She says she thinks they would keep the secret to themselves.
(c) She says she suspects they would not have mercy.
(d) She says that Agnes and Frans know about Johannes already.

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) Wheat in the food cellar.
(b) A hedge maze.
(c) A warm, dry house.
(d) Fish in their own lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peebo get out of the Brandt house?

2. Nella remarks that she wants to ask "so many questions" (259) about Marin's pregnancy, but she does not ask any for what reason?

3. What is the main thrust of the note Nella sends to the miniaturist after receiving her first order?

4. What is the final object through which Jack pushes his dagger before he leaves the Brandt house?

5. How does Nella locate the miniaturist who becomes a major and enigmatic part of the narrative?

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