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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. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?
(a) Cornelia behaves with much more freedom and familiarity.
(b) Cornelia is treated more like a member of the family than the maids in Assendelft are.
(c) Cornelia behaves with much more decorum and politeness.
(d) Cornelia is paid three times what the maids in Assendelft are paid.

2. How long does Hole-Face say the miniaturist has been living in town?
(a) Three or four months.
(b) Five to six years.
(c) Two or three years.
(d) Two or three weeks.

3. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
(a) She feels as if she is being watched.
(b) She feels as if she is being made fun of.
(c) She feels as if she should run away.
(d) She feels as if the whole neighborhood is staring at her.

4. What excuse does Marin provide when Johannes does not show up on time to meet with the Meermans?
(a) She says that he has been delayed by business.
(b) She says that he often forgets to wind his watch.
(c) She says that had gotten the times mixed up.
(d) She says that he has been delayed by weather.

5. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?
(a) It would have seemed stupid to say no.
(b) She found him very handsome.
(c) There was no other option that to be a wife.
(d) It would have seemed ungrateful to say no.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?

2. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?

3. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?

4. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?

5. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marin's and Nella's views of Nella's situation in the Brandt household differ?

2. How does Nella characterize the people in her life in relation to dwelling on the past?

3. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?

4. Describe Marin's character.

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

6. Describe Nella's first kiss with Johannes.

7. What warning does Otto issue to Nella concerning her parakeet and Marin?

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

9. For what reason does Nella decide to visit Johannes at his work?

10. What is Otto's history?

(see the answer keys)

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