The Miniaturist Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jessie Burton
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The Miniaturist Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is heard giggling in the shadows during Marin and Nella's first meeting?
(a) Frans.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Otto.

2. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Satisfactory.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Realistic.

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

4. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?
(a) She plans to sit him down so they can discuss their sexual problems openly.
(b) She plans to make him a special shirt.
(c) She plans to visit Johannes at his work.
(d) She plans to write him a list of all the ways she loves him.

5. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?
(a) She bruises Nella's arm.
(b) She fractures Nella's finger.
(c) She yanks out some of Nella's hair.
(d) She fractures Nella's arm.

6. 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) Marin.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Otto.
(d) Jack.

7. How many younger siblings does Nella have, and what gender(s) are her siblings?
(a) She has three younger sisters.
(b) She has one younger brother and one younger sister.
(c) She has one younger brother.
(d) She has two younger brothers and a younger sister.

8. How many dogs reside within the Brandt household?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

10. What food item does Nella specifically request from Marin upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) Herring.
(b) Figs and sour cream.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Marzipan.

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

12. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?
(a) Lute.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Piano.
(d) Xylophone.

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

14. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?
(a) The public market.
(b) The church roof.
(c) The library.
(d) The art museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?

2. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?

3. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?

4. In what year does the first chapter of Part One take place?

5. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?

(see the answer keys)

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