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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT a way in which Marin's manner is described just after Frans's menacing announcement?
(a) Reluctantly hopeful.
(b) Dead-eyed.
(c) With a spiritless voice.
(d) Limp.

3. What is the first object through which Jack pushes his dagger while inside the Brandt house?
(a) A painting.
(b) A sheet.
(c) Dhana's belly.
(d) Rezeki's skull.

4. Whom does Nella discover taking a late-night bath in the Brandt house as Nella leaves to visit the miniaturist?
(a) Jack.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Otto.
(d) Marin.

5. What month does Marin insist is the one in which Johannes absolutely must sail to Venice?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) January.

6. How many dolls total are left on the front step of the Brandt household?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

7. What does Nella announce aloud just before she goes out in the night to speak to the miniaturist?
(a) She summons her guardian angel.
(b) She says she means no harm.
(c) She says that she wishes for God to protect her.
(d) She says she is not frightened.

8. In what month of 1687 does Part Four begin?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) November.

9. The Nella doll that Nella receives from the miniaturist is carrying what two items in its tiny hands?
(a) A flower and a dog collar.
(b) A note and an empty birdcage.
(c) A book and a rosary.
(d) A breakfast tray and a cup of coffee.

10. For how many years has Johannes had Rezeki at the time of her death?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

11. What does Cornelia tell Nella that no woman can do?
(a) Keep a secret.
(b) Be an apprentice.
(c) Own property.
(d) Run a business.

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

13. 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 progress.
(b) For restoration.
(c) For affection.
(d) For love.

14. On what day does Johannes allow Otto and Cornelia "to dress up like lords and eat at his table" (183)?
(a) All Hallow's Eve.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) Epiphany.

15. What is NOT a circumstance Cornelia names when accusing the miniaturist of wreaking havoc upon the Brandt household?
(a) Marin is pregnant with Otto's child.
(b) Marin is pregnant with Frans's child.
(c) Johannes is in prison.
(d) Otto is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?

2. What does Marin say about hope when she and Nella are discussing Johannes's dire situation?

3. What metaphor does Marin use when telling Nella that she does not understand Marin or Johannes?

4. In what month is Johannes captured by the authorities before he can escape by ship?

5. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?

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