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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 NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?
(a) The family had no longer drunk wine.
(b) The servants had fallen away.
(c) The soup had thinned.
(d) The meat had gotten scraggier.

2. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?
(a) She stumbles on the last two stairs down to the kitchen.
(b) She kicks the leg of the cabinet house.
(c) She bangs her hip into a table on her way out of the room.
(d) She falls out of bed and hits her head.

3. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) The miniaturist.
(b) The cabinet house.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Peebo the parakeet.

4. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A birthday celebration.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A baptism.

5. For what job does Johannes tell Marin he has hired Jack?
(a) To guard the sugar.
(b) To deliver messages.
(c) To help Cornelia scour the pots.
(d) To rehabilitate the gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is heard giggling in the shadows during Marin and Nella's first meeting?

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

3. How many younger siblings does Nella have, and what gender(s) are her siblings?

4. What is the purpose of the Meermans' visit to the Brandt household on the night Nella performs music?

5. What excuse does Marin provide when Johannes does not show up on time to meet with the Meermans?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason is Nella reluctant to answer Agnes's question about who made Nella's miniatures?

2. What is the first disagreement between Nella and Marin, and who wins it?

3. Describe the character of Agnes Meerman.

4. Describe Marin's character.

5. What is ironic about Nella's mother's comment that there is only one kind of wife?

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

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

8. What is Johannes's reply when Nella asks him whether they are rich?

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

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

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