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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 Marin say when Nella takes the glass from her hand after Nella has found her sobbing?
(a) She tells Nella that she no longer wants to live.
(b) She tells Nella that she should mind her own business.
(c) She tells Nella that the baby will be better off dead.
(d) She tells Nella that she would not have drunk the mixture.

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?
(a) For restoration.
(b) For progress.
(c) For love.
(d) For affection.

3. What item does the person taking a bath have sitting next to the bathtub that shocks Nella?
(a) A box of matches.
(b) Candied walnuts.
(c) Bottles of liquor.
(d) A pipe.

4. What does Marin do after Frans announces his intentions to ruin Johannes?
(a) She runs into her bedroom.
(b) She flies at him.
(c) She collapses.
(d) She falls into the arms of Nella.

5. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Brooding.
(c) Angry.
(d) Elated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?

2. What ritual does the narrator describe Amsterdammers taking part in on the first day of each year?

3. How far along in her pregnancy does Marin say she is when Nella asks?

4. What is NOT a circumstance Cornelia names when accusing the miniaturist of wreaking havoc upon the Brandt household?

5. What is NOT an action Marin admits to taking in order to keep her pregnancy a secret?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Hanna have to destroy all of the bakery's gingerbread families?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Nella's feelings about privacy change over time within the Brandt household?

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

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