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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 something that happens when the St. George Militia arrives at the Brandt house?
(a) The soldiers force their way into the house.
(b) They hammer on the front door.
(c) A guard tells Cornelia to fetch her master.
(d) A guard tells Otto to fetch his master.

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

3. What fact does Nella tell Cornelia is the only thing she knows about the miniaturist?
(a) That the miniaturist had been apprenticed to a blacksmith in Bruges.
(b) That the miniaturist had been apprenticed to a clockmaker in Bruges.
(c) That the miniaturist had been apprenticed to a baker in Bruges.
(d) That the miniaturist had been apprenticed to a blacksmith in Brussels.

4. After Johannes's arrest, Nella realizes that while the house's occupancy dwindles, what object feels more alive?
(a) The town square.
(b) The Burgomasters' office.
(c) The Studhuit.
(d) The cabinet house.

5. What ritual does the narrator describe Amsterdammers taking part in on the first day of each year?
(a) Swimming in the ocean.
(b) Throwing the windows open.
(c) Taking a dip in the river.
(d) Dancing in the town square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Marin give Nella when she tells Nella not to follow Johannes to the Stadhuis?

2. For what transgression does Jack reveal he has visited the Brandt house this day with violent intentions?

3. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?

4. What is NOT a way in which Marin's manner is described just after Frans's menacing announcement?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Johannes mean when he says that he has married a child and that he has done it for Marin?

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

4. What does Nella do as a sign of goodwill toward Johannes when he leaves for Venice and what is his reaction?

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

6. For what reason is Nella reluctant to share the details of the miniaturist's work with Cornelia?

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

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

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

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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