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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Brussels.
(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 Bruges.

3. What metaphor does Marin use when telling Nella that she does not understand Marin or Johannes?
(a) The knot is tied too tight.
(b) The ship has sailed.
(c) A stitch in time saves nine.
(d) The arrow does not quite hit the mark.

4. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?
(a) The family had no longer drunk wine.
(b) The servants had fallen away.
(c) The meat had gotten scraggier.
(d) The soup had thinned.

5. Whom does Nella try to convince to retrieve the doll thrown into the street by Marin?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Jack.
(c) Rezeki.
(d) Marin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nella hears sobbing and opens Marin's door, what color is the liquid she sees Marin about to drink?

3. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?

4. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?

5. What month does Marin insist is the one in which Johannes absolutely must sail to Venice?

(see the answer key)

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