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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: "The Guilder and the Doll" - Part Five: "Nova Hollandia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nella realizes that she has not sent her unwanted items along with the note to the miniaturist, what does she do with them?
(a) She places them inside the cabinet house.
(b) She burns them in the fire.
(c) She throws them into the street.
(d) She gives them to Cornelia for disposal.

2. Whom does Nella take with her for protection when she goes to the Eastern Islands alone?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Marin.
(c) Dhana.
(d) Rezeki.

3. What is NOT a symptom Marin experiences that causes Nella to think Marin is going into labor?
(a) Pain.
(b) Fever.
(c) A fast heart rate.
(d) Heavy bleeding.

4. What month does Marin insist is the one in which Johannes absolutely must sail to Venice?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) October.
(d) November.

5. What reason does Johannes give Nella when she asks the reason for Jack's betrayal?
(a) Money.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Love.
(d) Passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object is Johannes attached in order to accomplish his drowning?

2. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?

3. What metaphor does Marin use when telling Nella that she does not understand Marin or Johannes?

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

5. What ritual does the narrator describe Amsterdammers taking part in on the first day of each year?

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