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

2. What is the characteristic feature that helps everyone in the Brandt household distinguish between their dogs Rezeki and Dhana?
(a) The spot above Dhana's eye.
(b) The spot on Dhana's belly.
(c) The spot on Rezeki's belly.
(d) The spot on Rezeki's ear.

3. When Nella realizes that she has not sent her unwanted items along with the note to the miniaturist, what does she do with them?
(a) She places them inside the cabinet house.
(b) She gives them to Cornelia for disposal.
(c) She burns them in the fire.
(d) She throws them into the street.

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

5. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?
(a) It would have seemed stupid to say no.
(b) She found him very handsome.
(c) There was no other option that to be a wife.
(d) It would have seemed ungrateful to say no.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks about Bergen, Norway?

2. How much younger does Nella decide she is than Marin?

3. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?

4. From what language does Johannes say the dogs' names are culled?

5. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Marin always insist on taking the Brandt household's dogs to church?

2. What is Nella's marital status when she first arrives at the Brandt home?

3. How does Nella feel when Marin reveals that she has known all along that her brother Johannes is gay?

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

5. What does Nella's parakeet Peebo symbolize?

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

7. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?

8. What is the first disagreement between Nella and Marin, and who wins it?

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

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

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