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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the first chapter of Part One take place?
(a) 1594.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1686.
(d) 1772.

2. When Marin says that the Brandts had sent their second best barge after Nella, whom does she say is using the family's best barge?
(a) Otto.
(b) Jack.
(c) Marin.
(d) Johannes.

3. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?
(a) Profligacy.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Larceny.

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

5. 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 gives them to Cornelia for disposal.
(d) She throws them into the street.

6. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?
(a) Serving in the Navy.
(b) Working as sugar purveyors.
(c) Working as butchers.
(d) Working on VOC ships.

7. What task has Cornelia been forced to undertake for weeks prior to Nella's arrival, causing Nella to worry that Cornelia will hold the task against her indefinitely?
(a) Sewing Nella a wardrobe of new dresses.
(b) Building a cabinet house.
(c) Embroidering the linens and pillows with Nella's monogram.
(d) Refinishing the floors in Nella's rooms.

8. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 28.

9. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?
(a) To be over-polite until she learns the rules of the house.
(b) They are making too much noise on the entryway floor.
(c) They are muddy from her walk.
(d) To show that country girls have manners, too.

10. From what language does Johannes say the dogs' names are culled?
(a) Scandinavian.
(b) Sanskrit.
(c) German.
(d) Sumatran.

11. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?
(a) The King James Bible.
(b) The Magna Carta.
(c) Cotton Mather's The Invisible World.
(d) The 95 Theses.

12. What does Agnes insist that Nella call her?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Madame.
(c) Nessa.
(d) Aggie.

13. What instrument had Nella played for Johannes during their very brief courtship?
(a) Lute.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Piano.
(d) Harp.

14. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) The cabinet house.
(b) The miniaturist.
(c) Peebo the parakeet.
(d) Johannes.

15. Who is the only person in Nella's life who enjoys bringing up and discussing the past?
(a) Nella's father.
(b) Nella's mother.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marin tells Nella that women can do nothing, and that only if they are very lucky can they even do what?

2. Nella recalls that her father had been both wary and what of Amsterdam's wealth and power?

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

4. In what action does Nella decide the miniaturist is engaging when sending her items she has not ordered?

5. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?

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