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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 emotion does Nella admit feeling when she realizes that she will never engage in sexual activity within her marriage?
(a) Relief.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Horror.
(d) Elation.

2. When Nella discovers that Marin has been hiding a pregnancy, how soon does Nella believe the baby will arrive?
(a) She believes that the baby is nearly ready to arrive.
(b) She believes that Marin is in her first trimester.
(c) She believes that the baby must be overdue.
(d) She believes that Marin is in her second trimester.

3. What reason does Marin give Nella when she tells Nella not to follow Johannes to the Stadhuis?
(a) Johannes needs to accept his punishment alone.
(b) It will draw attention.
(c) It will make Johannes look guilty.
(d) Jack may be there.

4. On what day does Johannes allow Otto and Cornelia "to dress up like lords and eat at his table" (183)?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Christmas.
(d) All Hallow's Eve.

5. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?
(a) Nella.
(b) Jack.
(c) Marin.
(d) Johannes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nella remarks that she wants to ask "so many questions" (259) about Marin's pregnancy, but she does not ask any for what reason?

2. 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?

3. With whom does Nella have an altercation when she is following Otto and goes into the church?

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

5. What item does the person taking a bath have sitting next to the bathtub that shocks Nella?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nella go in Part Four: "Spores"? Why?

2. What is the significance of the loaf of sugar that Agnes's doll holds in its hand?

3. What has changed about Marin's doll in Part Three: "No Anchor"? What does this foreshadow?

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

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

6. How much does Nella obtain for the sugar in Part Four: "The Hopeful Loaf"? What are her intentions with the profits?

7. When Nella receives eight dolls from the miniaturist, what two items is the doll made in her own likeness holding in its tiny hands? What is the significance of each item?

8. What two items does Nella say "beautifully define [Marin's] infuriating contradictions and what does Nella mean?

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

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

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