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

2. What is the main thrust of the note Nella sends to the miniaturist after receiving her first order?
(a) She demands a reply to her query about the miniature crib.
(b) She says that she will not be using her services again.
(c) She sends payment for the miniaturist's bill and writes that she will get in touch soon.
(d) She praises the miniaturist's work and asks him whether he can make dolls.

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

4. Marin tells Nella that women can do nothing, and that only if they are very lucky can they even do what?
(a) Fix the mistakes others make.
(b) Please their husbands.
(c) Retain their dignity.
(d) Have children.

5. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?
(a) To be over-polite until she learns the rules of the house.
(b) To show that country girls have manners, too.
(c) They are muddy from her walk.
(d) They are making too much noise on the entryway floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks what would happen if Agnes and Frans found out about Johannes's homosexuality?

2. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?

3. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?

4. What items cover the walls of Johannes's study?

5. How does Nella feel after any conversation with Agnes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Marin's character.

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

4. What does Nella's parakeet Peebo symbolize?

5. What is the significance of Nella's lute performance during the Meermans' visit?

6. What is Nella's marital status when she first arrives at the Brandt home?

7. What is Nella's mother's reply when Nella says she does not want to be the kind of wife that behaves as the "rams and ewes of Assendelft" (26) do?

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

9. Describe Nella's first kiss with Johannes.

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

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