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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. Nella considers taking what action now that Jack has disappeared?
(a) Hiring a permanent nanny.
(b) Hiring a permanent doorman.
(c) Hiring a permanent cook.
(d) Hiring a permanent guard dog.

2. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?
(a) Enormous wealth.
(b) A friendship with Johannes.
(c) A lifetime of being untouched.
(d) A lively social life.

3. Nella dreams of which character "wearing one of Marin's animal skulls upon his curly head" (180)?
(a) Otto.
(b) Jack.
(c) Johannes.
(d) The miniaturist.

4. What reason does Nella cite to Johannes when he is touched by the item she has placed in her hair the night of his departure to Venice?
(a) For love.
(b) For restoration.
(c) For progress.
(d) For affection.

5. Who is the only person to see Johannes off when he tries to flee from Amsterdam?
(a) Frans.
(b) Nella.
(c) Marin.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Johannes had Rezeki at the time of her death?

2. For what reason does Nella allow Cornelia to look inside the cabinet house during the scene when Cornelia finds the doll resembling Marin?

3. In what month is Johannes captured by the authorities before he can escape by ship?

4. What does Cornelia tell Nella that no woman can do?

5. How is the doll version of Johannes different from the real version, according to Nella?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the implication of Jack's charge against Johannes in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?

2. What happens when the militia arrives in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?

3. What plan is developed by Nella, Marin, and Cornelia in the beginning of Part Three: "Escape"? Why has this plan been developed?

4. What does Marin say the truth is about Frans and her in the past in Part Four: “Verkeerspel"?

5. What is Marin about to do when Nella enters her room in Part Three: “Hidden Bodies"? Why?

6. Why does Johannes give Nella a list of names in Part Three: "Escape"?

7. What act does Johannes tell Marin he has undertaken for her and "against the counsel" (219) of his soul?

8. What admissions does Marin make to Nella in Part Three: “Hidden Bodies"?

9. How does the destruction of the gingerbread families act as an element of foreshadowing?

10. Why do Nella and Marin argue in Part Four: “Verkeerspel"?

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