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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Johannes at the time of his and Nella's wedding?
(a) 43.
(b) 29.
(c) 39.
(d) 21.

2. For what reason does Hole-Face say he does not and will not speak to the miniaturist?
(a) He says that he does not understand her language.
(b) He says that the miniaturist never emerges from the shop.
(c) He says he owes the miniaturist money.
(d) He says the miniaturist has the Devil in her.

3. Whom does Nella see engaging in oral sex with Johannes when she visits his work?
(a) Frans.
(b) Otto.
(c) Jack.
(d) The miniaturist.

4. What is NOT one of the items Nella requests in her first order from the miniaturist?
(a) A lute.
(b) A betrothal cup.
(c) A dog.
(d) A piece of marzipan.

5. Who delivers the package containing Nella's first miniatures?
(a) Otto.
(b) The miniaturist.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Jack.

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

7. How long does Hole-Face say the miniaturist has been living in town?
(a) Three or four months.
(b) Two or three weeks.
(c) Five to six years.
(d) Two or three years.

8. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?
(a) It would have seemed stupid to say no.
(b) It would have seemed ungrateful to say no.
(c) There was no other option that to be a wife.
(d) She found him very handsome.

9. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?
(a) She says they drown them.
(b) She says they are stripped of all property and business.
(c) She says they burn them.
(d) She says they excommunicate them.

10. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?
(a) For sending the miniaturist a bottle of cologne.
(b) For assuming that women cannot be craftspeople.
(c) For thinking of the miniaturist as an old man with a beard.
(d) For addressing the miniaturist as a Sir in her correspondence.

11. Nella recalls that her father had been both wary and what of Amsterdam's wealth and power?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Awed.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Curious.

12. 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 gives them to Cornelia for disposal.
(b) She throws them into the street.
(c) She burns them in the fire.
(d) She places them inside the cabinet house.

13. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Nella and Johannes.
(c) Marin.
(d) Johannes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What items cover the walls of Johannes's study?

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

3. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?

4. What is the characteristic feature that helps everyone in the Brandt household distinguish between their dogs Rezeki and Dhana?

5. Who is the only person in Nella's life who enjoys bringing up and discussing the past?

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