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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. Where does Nella place the Nella doll after putting something around its neck?
(a) On the miniature bed in the cabinet house.
(b) In a kitchen drawer.
(c) In her apron pocket.
(d) On her real bed.

2. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?
(a) Marin.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Otto.
(d) Johannes.

3. What sense does the ecclesiastical man say is detectable within Johannes's sin?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Taste.
(d) Smell.

4. What is NOT an action Marin admits to taking in order to keep her pregnancy a secret?
(a) She has been wearing loose clothing.
(b) She has been binding her breasts.
(c) She has been wearing a metal girdle.
(d) She has been soaking rags in pigs' blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Johannes tries to flee Amsterdam, he tells Nella to guard and watch someone. Of whom is he speaking?

2. What is NOT a way in which Marin's manner is described just after Frans's menacing announcement?

3. What does Nella announce aloud just before she goes out in the night to speak to the miniaturist?

4. How long does Nella get to spend with Johannes the night before his execution?

5. How many dolls total are left on the front step of the Brandt household?

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