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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. Who is the only person in Nella's life who enjoys bringing up and discussing the past?
(a) Nella's father.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Nella's mother.

2. How does Nella come to own the cabinet house?
(a) It is a wedding present from Johannes.
(b) She finds it in the attic of the Brandt house and claims it as her own.
(c) It is a wedding present from Nella's mother.
(d) It is a wedding present from Marin.

3. What falls from between the pages of a book when Nella is snooping around in the library?
(a) A last will and testament.
(b) A love note.
(c) A handwritten RSVP.
(d) A property deed.

4. What object does Marin say that her family has that Nella's family does not, even though Nella's family has an "ancient pedigree" (12)?
(a) Wheat in the food cellar.
(b) Fish in their own lake.
(c) A hedge maze.
(d) A warm, dry house.

5. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?
(a) In his heart.
(b) In his imagination.
(c) In his soul.
(d) In the throes of his lust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?

3. For how many days does Nella pretend to sleep when Marin comes to sit on the end of the bed?

4. How does Nella locate the miniaturist who becomes a major and enigmatic part of the narrative?

5. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Agnes Meerman.

2. How do Marin's and Nella's views of Nella's situation in the Brandt household differ?

3. How does Marin hurt Nella physically and why?

4. How does Nella characterize the people in her life in relation to dwelling on the past?

5. What is the significance of Nella's lute performance during the Meermans' visit?

6. For what reason is Nella reluctant to answer Agnes's question about who made Nella's miniatures?

7. What warning does Otto issue to Nella concerning her parakeet and Marin?

8. For what reason does Nella decide to visit Johannes at his work?

9. What are the circumstances of Nella's arrival at the Brandt house that are troubling to her?

10. What is ironic about Nella's mother's comment that there is only one kind of wife?

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