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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Hole-Face say he does not and will not speak to the miniaturist?
(a) He says that the miniaturist never emerges from the shop.
(b) He says he owes the miniaturist money.
(c) He says the miniaturist has the Devil in her.
(d) He says that he does not understand her language.

2. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?
(a) Johannes's great-aunt.
(b) Nella's mother-in-law.
(c) The maid.
(d) The wet nurse.

3. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?
(a) She stumbles on the last two stairs down to the kitchen.
(b) She falls out of bed and hits her head.
(c) She bangs her hip into a table on her way out of the room.
(d) She kicks the leg of the cabinet house.

4. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
(a) She feels as if the whole neighborhood is staring at her.
(b) She feels as if she is being watched.
(c) She feels as if she is being made fun of.
(d) She feels as if she should run away.

5. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?
(a) They are making too much noise on the entryway floor.
(b) To show that country girls have manners, too.
(c) To be over-polite until she learns the rules of the house.
(d) They are muddy from her walk.

6. What does Agnes insist that Nella call her?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Aggie.
(c) Madame.
(d) Nessa.

7. How long does Hole-Face say the miniaturist has been living in town?
(a) Three or four months.
(b) Two or three weeks.
(c) Five to six years.
(d) Two or three years.

8. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?
(a) Marin walks into the room.
(b) Peebo starts to make noise.
(c) He touches the back of her neck.
(d) She puts her hand on his breeches.

9. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Satisfactory.

10. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) Peebo the parakeet.
(b) The cabinet house.
(c) Johannes.
(d) The miniaturist.

11. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?
(a) Lute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Xylophone.

12. What is the purpose of the Meermans' visit to the Brandt household on the night Nella performs music?
(a) So that the Brandts can taste Cornelia's raspberry cordial.
(b) So that the Brandts can taste the Meermans' sugar.
(c) So that the Meermans can taste Otto's braised rabbit.
(d) So that the Meermans can taste the Brandts' sugar.

13. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?
(a) Working as butchers.
(b) Working on VOC ships.
(c) Serving in the Navy.
(d) Working as sugar purveyors.

14. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?
(a) For addressing the miniaturist as a Sir in her correspondence.
(b) For assuming that women cannot be craftspeople.
(c) For thinking of the miniaturist as an old man with a beard.
(d) For sending the miniaturist a bottle of cologne.

15. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Marin.
(c) Otto.
(d) Cornelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?

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

3. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?

4. What is NOT a characteristic named by Nella when she describes the mysterious woman staring at her from nearby the miniaturist's door?

5. What food item does Nella specifically request from Marin upon her arrival at the Brandt house?

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