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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nella's reply to Marin's remark about hope?
(a) It is better than nothing.
(b) It is the only thing keeping people alive.
(c) It is not to be wasted.
(d) It is dangerous.

2. Johannes tells Nella that home is where what is?
(a) True identity.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Support.
(d) Love.

3. Who is the only person to see Johannes off when he tries to flee from Amsterdam?
(a) Frans.
(b) Marin.
(c) Jack.
(d) Nella.

4. With what material does Nella find Johannes had covered the sugar loaves?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Linen.
(c) Silk.
(d) Banana leaves.

5. What item does Nella put into her hair the night of Johannes's departure to Venice?
(a) The flowers he had given her.
(b) Perfume.
(c) A series of friendship braids.
(d) Powder.

6. With whom does Nella have an altercation when she is following Otto and goes into the church?
(a) Frans.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Marin.

7. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?
(a) National Remembrance Day.
(b) King's Birthday.
(c) St. Nicholas's Day.
(d) St. Crispin's Day.

8. What reason does Nella cite to Johannes when he is touched by the item she has placed in her hair the night of his departure to Venice?
(a) For progress.
(b) For love.
(c) For restoration.
(d) For affection.

9. Nella dreams of which character "wearing one of Marin's animal skulls upon his curly head" (180)?
(a) Otto.
(b) Jack.
(c) The miniaturist.
(d) Johannes.

10. Nella remarks that she wants to ask "so many questions" (259) about Marin's pregnancy, but she does not ask any for what reason?
(a) Marin is sobbing too hard to speak.
(b) She does not know where to start.
(c) She does not want to further upset Marin.
(d) She wants to wait until the trouble with Johannes is over.

11. On what day does Johannes allow Otto and Cornelia "to dress up like lords and eat at his table" (183)?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Christmas.
(c) All Hallow's Eve.
(d) Christmas Eve.

12. For what transgression does Jack reveal he has visited the Brandt house this day with violent intentions?
(a) Cornelia has told Jack that he can no longer enter the house when Johannes is not present.
(b) Marin has told Jack that he can no longer work for the Brandts.
(c) Johannes has told Jack that they can no longer engage in a sexual relationship.
(d) Johannes has told Jack that he can no longer work for the Brandts.

13. What kind of clock is in Nella's bedroom?
(a) A silver pendulum clock.
(b) A golden pendulum clock.
(c) A brass pendulum clock.
(d) A cuckoo clock.

14. Marin tells Nella that walking while pregnant feels like "bending over" (258) what object?
(a) An ironing board.
(b) A globe.
(c) A market stall.
(d) A medicine ball.

15. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Nella.
(c) Marin.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Nella try to convince to retrieve the doll thrown into the street by Marin?

3. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?

4. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?

5. What is NOT a circumstance Cornelia names when accusing the miniaturist of wreaking havoc upon the Brandt household?

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