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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word means burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Depressive.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Industrial.

2. Where is Farley from?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Russia.

3. Wysteria's husband had hoped that he would break the curse of the Manor by what?
(a) Lighting it on fire.
(b) Having a son.
(c) Marrying true love.
(d) Avenging his mother.

4. How many children did Wysteria have with her late husband?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

5. What refers to discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles?
(a) Continuum.
(b) Plot.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Catalyst.

6. Who does Miranda take with her when she leaves the manor in Chapter 7?
(a) Wysteria.
(b) Two hounds.
(c) Farley.
(d) Four hounds.

7. What is the name of the family who owned the great estate and into which Wysteria married in order to become wealthy?
(a) The Meads.
(b) The Barrows.
(c) The Andersons.
(d) The Smiths.

8. For how long does Miranda say Wysteria's husband had been dead in Chapter 6?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

9. The doctor's secretary tells Miranda that the doctor is where in Chapter 7?
(a) In Alaska on vacation.
(b) On a cruise in the South of France.
(c) In England on business.
(d) On an island tending to another patient.

10. Wysteria has the odd habit of locking every single window in the Manor when?
(a) In the morning.
(b) At night.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) At noon.

11. Miranda comes to Wysteria's estate in what month in Chapter 1?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) February.

12. One of the boys who jeers at Miranda in Chapter 7 claims that Miranda is only fooling herself to think that she is what?
(a) Dr. Mead's daughter.
(b) A bird.
(c) The daughter of Wysteria.
(d) The heir of Bourne Manor.

13. Why does Wysteria make Miranda wear special boots?
(a) So she won't fly away.
(b) So she will drown.
(c) So she can't sing.
(d) So she won't swim away.

14. What is the name of the doctor that Miranda tracks down in Chapter 7?
(a) Dr. Barrows.
(b) Dr. Mead.
(c) Dr. Anderson.
(d) Dr. Smith.

15. What often gets stuck in Miranda's palms as she works on the nets in Chapter 3?
(a) Rose thorns.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Rusty hooks.
(d) Bird feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wysteria is described by the narrator as having her own particular kind of what in Chapter 4?

2. What does Miranda do when Farley brings the kite to her in Chapter 5?

3. What duty is Miranda in charge of which she enjoys greatly in Chapter 3?

4. What does Wysteria give Miranda after she becomes trapped in a bush in Chapter 5?

5. Miranda has to unlock the attic by using what in Chapter 4?

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