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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.
(c) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(d) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.

2. How old is Johannes at the time of his and Nella's wedding?
(a) 39.
(b) 43.
(c) 21.
(d) 29.

3. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?
(a) For addressing the miniaturist as a Sir in her correspondence.
(b) For thinking of the miniaturist as an old man with a beard.
(c) For assuming that women cannot be craftspeople.
(d) For sending the miniaturist a bottle of cologne.

4. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?
(a) In his soul.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In the throes of his lust.
(d) In his imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what job does Johannes tell Marin he has hired Jack?

2. How does Nella locate the miniaturist who becomes a major and enigmatic part of the narrative?

3. What falls from between the pages of a book when Nella is snooping around in the library?

4. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?

5. For what reason does Hole-Face say he does not and will not speak to the miniaturist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the herring served within the Brandt household symbolize?

2. Describe Marin's character.

3. What are the circumstances of Nella's arrival at the Brandt house that are troubling to her?

4. How does Nella feel when Marin reveals that she has known all along that her brother Johannes is gay?

5. For what reason does Marin always insist on taking the Brandt household's dogs to church?

6. What is Otto's history?

7. Describe Nella's first kiss with Johannes.

8. How do Nella's expectations of Marin's reaction differ from Marin's real reaction when Nella tells her about Johannes's homosexuality?

9. What does Nella's parakeet Peebo symbolize?

10. How does Marin hurt Nella physically and why?

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