2. What is NOT a characteristic named by Nella when she describes the mysterious woman staring at her from nearby the miniaturist's door?
(a) Brown eyes that are almost orange.
(b) A scrutinizing gaze focused on Nella's face.
(c) Ice blue eyes.
(d) Blond, uncovered hair.

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

4. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?
(a) Cornelia behaves with much more freedom and familiarity.
(b) Cornelia is treated more like a member of the family than the maids in Assendelft are.
(c) Cornelia is paid three times what the maids in Assendelft are paid.
(d) Cornelia behaves with much more decorum and politeness.

5. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(b) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.
(c) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.
(d) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.

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

7. What items cover the walls of Johannes's study?
(a) Political pamphlets.
(b) Fashion design sketches.
(c) Interior design sketches.
(d) Maps.

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

9. 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) Embroidering the linens and pillows with Nella's monogram.
(b) Building a cabinet house.
(c) Refinishing the floors in Nella's rooms.
(d) Sewing Nella a wardrobe of new dresses.

10. What is NOT an expectation of life in the Brandt household that Nella says she would do anything to remove from her head?
(a) Marriage beds.
(b) Wealth.
(c) True love.
(d) Children.

11. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks about Bergen, Norway?
(a) She says that all they do there is rob tourists.
(b) She says that all they do there is trade fish.
(c) She says that all they do there is herd sheep.
(d) She says that all they do there is hang thieves.

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

13. In what action does Nella decide the miniaturist is engaging when sending her items she has not ordered?
(a) Bullying.
(b) A battle of wits.
(c) A riddle war.
(d) Philanthropy.

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

15. What excuse does Marin provide when Johannes does not show up on time to meet with the Meermans?
(a) She says that he has been delayed by business.
(b) She says that he often forgets to wind his watch.
(c) She says that had gotten the times mixed up.
(d) She says that he has been delayed by weather.