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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nella announce aloud just before she goes out in the night to speak to the miniaturist?
(a) She summons her guardian angel.
(b) She says she means no harm.
(c) She says she is not frightened.
(d) She says that she wishes for God to protect her.

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

3. What is the final object through which Jack pushes his dagger before he leaves the Brandt house?
(a) A sheet.
(b) Rezeki's skull.
(c) Dhana's belly.
(d) A painting.

4. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?
(a) Otto.
(b) The miniaturist.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Marin.

5. The Nella doll that Nella receives from the miniaturist is carrying what two items in its tiny hands?
(a) A book and a rosary.
(b) A breakfast tray and a cup of coffee.
(c) A flower and a dog collar.
(d) A note and an empty birdcage.

6. What is NOT a characteristic of Jack's that Marin lists as reasons he will not go to the authorities about Otto's actions?
(a) He is English.
(b) He used to be an actor.
(c) He is proud.
(d) He is a sodomite.

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

8. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?
(a) That it is hard to find.
(b) That no one can rely on it.
(c) That it is dangerous.
(d) That it is life's greatest gift.

9. What metaphor does Marin use when telling Nella that she does not understand Marin or Johannes?
(a) A stitch in time saves nine.
(b) The arrow does not quite hit the mark.
(c) The ship has sailed.
(d) The knot is tied too tight.

10. Before Johannes tries to flee Amsterdam, he tells Nella to guard and watch someone. Of whom is he speaking?
(a) Marin.
(b) Jack.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) The miniaturist.

11. Within what experience does Marin say people's truest selves are found?
(a) Joy.
(b) Faith.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Suffering.

12. What month does Marin insist is the one in which Johannes absolutely must sail to Venice?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) January.

13. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?
(a) A wall.
(b) A cage.
(c) A surround.
(d) A trap.

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

15. How far along in her pregnancy does Marin say she is when Nella asks?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nella take with her for protection when she goes to the Eastern Islands alone?

2. When Nella hears sobbing and opens Marin's door, what color is the liquid she sees Marin about to drink?

3. Johannes tells Nella that home is where what is?

4. What emotion does Nella admit feeling when she realizes that she will never engage in sexual activity within her marriage?

5. What does Marin say when Nella takes the glass from her hand after Nella has found her sobbing?

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