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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: "Outside In" - "Marriage Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task has Cornelia been forced to undertake for weeks prior to Nella's arrival, causing Nella to worry that Cornelia will hold the task against her indefinitely?
(a) Building a cabinet house.
(b) Embroidering the linens and pillows with Nella's monogram.
(c) Sewing Nella a wardrobe of new dresses.
(d) Refinishing the floors in Nella's rooms.

2. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.
(b) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(c) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(d) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.

3. How much younger does Nella decide she is than Marin?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) She says that herring is a living being that should not be consumed.
(b) She says that sugar makes people's souls grow sick.
(c) She says that dairy foods corrupt the bodily functions.
(d) She says that figs and sour cream foster gluttony.

5. Who is heard giggling in the shadows during Marin and Nella's first meeting?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Frans.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Otto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?

2. How does Nella come to own the cabinet house?

3. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?

4. How old is Johannes at the time of his and Nella's wedding?

5. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?

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