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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 object does Marin refer to as being "early to ripe, early to rot" (15) in reference to Nella's perfume?
(a) Figs.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Gardenias.
(d) Apples.

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

3. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Satisfactory.

4. How much younger does Nella decide she is than Marin?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?

3. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?

4. What object does Marin say that her family has that Nella's family does not, even though Nella's family has an "ancient pedigree" (12)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Otto's history?

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

5. Describe Nella's first kiss with Johannes.

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

7. What does Nella's parakeet Peebo symbolize?

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

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

10. What does Nella mean when she muses that Marin and Johannes are obsessed with "souls and purses" (27)?

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