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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Marin do after Frans announces his intentions to ruin Johannes?
(a) She runs into her bedroom.
(b) She falls into the arms of Nella.
(c) She collapses.
(d) She flies at him.

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

5. What reason does Marin give Nella when she tells Nella not to follow Johannes to the Stadhuis?
(a) It will make Johannes look guilty.
(b) It will draw attention.
(c) Jack may be there.
(d) Johannes needs to accept his punishment alone.

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

7. 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 he can no longer work for the Brandts.
(d) Johannes has told Jack that they can no longer engage in a sexual relationship.

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

9. When Nella turns away from watching Johannes's barge leave, whom does she see standing by the bend of the canal?
(a) Marin.
(b) Otto.
(c) Jack.
(d) Frans.

10. Who helps Nella look for Peebo in the streets?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Marin.
(c) Otto.
(d) Johannes.

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

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

13. 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 a sodomite.
(b) He is proud.
(c) He used to be an actor.
(d) He is English.

14. What unexpected act does Johannes undertake when he finally returns from Venice?
(a) He takes Nella in a tight embrace.
(b) He announces that he will begin a renovation of the Brandt house.
(c) He takes Nella into the bedroom to consummate their marriage.
(d) He takes Marin in a tight embrace.

15. When Nella discovers that Marin has been hiding a pregnancy, how soon does Nella believe the baby will arrive?
(a) She believes that Marin is in her second trimester.
(b) She believes that Marin is in her first trimester.
(c) She believes that the baby must be overdue.
(d) She believes that the baby is nearly ready to arrive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the doll version of Johannes different from the real version, according to Nella?

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

3. Before going to visit the miniaturist at night, what item does Nella place around the Nella doll's tiny neck?

4. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?

5. What is the final object through which Jack pushes his dagger before he leaves the Brandt house?

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