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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a circumstance Cornelia names when accusing the miniaturist of wreaking havoc upon the Brandt household?
(a) Johannes is in prison.
(b) Marin is pregnant with Otto's child.
(c) Marin is pregnant with Frans's child.
(d) Otto is gone.

2. For how many years has Johannes had Rezeki at the time of her death?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

3. When Johannes claims that it is not Jack who has betrayed him, whom does he list as the real culprit?
(a) Johannes's own body.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Marin.
(d) Otto.

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

5. Where does Nella sleep on the night when Johannes tries to flee Amsterdam?
(a) In the attic.
(b) On her bedroom floor next to the cabinet house.
(c) In Marin's library.
(d) On the floor of Johannes's study.

6. What is NOT a characteristic of the Brandt house that Nella lists as she returns from following Otto?
(a) The front door is wide open.
(b) She cannot hear any human voices.
(c) She can hear a woman screaming.
(d) She can hear the sounds of dogs barking.

7. What does Marin say when Nella takes the glass from her hand after Nella has found her sobbing?
(a) She tells Nella that the baby will be better off dead.
(b) She tells Nella that she no longer wants to live.
(c) She tells Nella that she would not have drunk the mixture.
(d) She tells Nella that she should mind her own business.

8. The narrator states that after the words greed and flood, what is "the worst word in the city's lexicon" (249)?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Fire.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Sodomy.

9. Whom does Nella take with her for protection when she goes to the Eastern Islands alone?
(a) Dhana.
(b) Marin.
(c) Rezeki.
(d) Johannes.

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

11. Who delivers Nella's next long-awaited package from the miniaturist?
(a) The miniaturist.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Jack.

12. What is the first object through which Jack pushes his dagger while inside the Brandt house?
(a) A painting.
(b) Dhana's belly.
(c) A sheet.
(d) Rezeki's skull.

13. What emotion does Nella admit feeling when she realizes that she will never engage in sexual activity within her marriage?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Relief.
(c) Elation.
(d) Horror.

14. In what month of 1687 does Part Four begin?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) March.

15. In what month is Johannes captured by the authorities before he can escape by ship?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dolls total are left on the front step of the Brandt household?

2. The Nella doll that Nella receives from the miniaturist is carrying what two items in its tiny hands?

3. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?

4. What does Cornelia tell Nella that no woman can do?

5. What item does Nella put into her hair the night of Johannes's departure to Venice?

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