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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 does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?
(a) That it is life's greatest gift.
(b) That no one can rely on it.
(c) That it is hard to find.
(d) That it is dangerous.

2. In what month is Johannes captured by the authorities before he can escape by ship?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) April.
(d) November.

3. What is NOT something that happens when the St. George Militia arrives at the Brandt house?
(a) A guard tells Cornelia to fetch her master.
(b) The soldiers force their way into the house.
(c) A guard tells Otto to fetch his master.
(d) They hammer on the front door.

4. When Johannes claims that it is not Jack who has betrayed him, whom does he list as the real culprit?
(a) Johannes's own body.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Otto.
(d) Marin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Johannes's eyes?

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

3. What does Nella announce aloud just before she goes out in the night to speak to the miniaturist?

4. Who feels responsible for Rezeki's death, even though someone else was her real killer?

5. When Nella discovers that Marin has been hiding a pregnancy, how soon does Nella believe the baby will arrive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What thought propels Nella to go out in the cold night to demand answers from the miniaturist?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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