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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Mead notes that who will refuse to come to the manor to assist Wysteria in Chapter 8?
(a) His nurse.
(b) The ambulance.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

2. Dr. Mead's nurse begs Miranda to do what in Chapter 9?
(a) Not let Wysteria into the Manor.
(b) Not let Dr. Mead back into the Manor.
(c) Tell Wysteria she misses her.
(d) Release the hounds.

3. What does Miranda discover is a small form of opium that when used in large quantities could cause hallucination and death in Chapter 12?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Laudanum.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Morphine.

4. Who does Miranda encounter on her way to the Manor in Chapter 12?
(a) Miss Meadows.
(b) Dr. Mead.
(c) Wysteria.
(d) Farley.

5. What does Dr. Mead do to Miranda in Chapter 12?
(a) Browbeats her.
(b) Sings to her.
(c) Marries her.
(d) Kisses her.

6. Why did Dr. Mead try to talk Captain Barrows out of marrying, as he relates in Chapter 8?
(a) Wysteria only wanted money.
(b) His sister loved Captain Barrows.
(c) Captain Barrows was evil.
(d) Caprain Barrows was too poor.

7. When Farley arrives in Chapter 10, Miranda realizes she does not want him to do what?
(a) Enter the Manor.
(b) Go to the hospital.
(c) Speak to her.
(d) Talk to Wysteria.

8. What refers to the change in characterization of a dynamic character over the course of a narrative?
(a) Character initiation.
(b) Character development.
(c) Character depreciation.
(d) Character deployment.

9. Dr. Mead's nurse tells Miranda in Chapter 9 that the house is indeed cursed and that its purported fortunes had taken hold of whom?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Many in the town.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Dr. Westmoreland.

10. Dr. Mead notes that Captain Barrows was what, just as his father had been, in Chapter 8?
(a) An impractical dreamer.
(b) A reasonable accountant.
(c) A cold man.
(d) A lawyer.

11. How many pieces of paper are in the walls that Miranda always thought had been Wysteria's manner of insulating the room in Chapter 12?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

12. What does Farley bring to Miranda when he arrives in Chapter 10?
(a) Money.
(b) Wysteria's watch.
(c) Red Dragon.
(d) A gift.

13. How does Dr. Mead say Wysteria grew up in Chapter 8?
(a) In great wealth.
(b) In poverty.
(c) With natives.
(d) In the city.

14. What does Miranda do for the first time in the novel since the beginning in Chapter 11?
(a) Swims.
(b) Sings.
(c) Dances.
(d) Flies.

15. What ritual does Miranda begin doing while Wysteria is gone to the hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) Watering the garden.
(b) Knitting sweaters.
(c) Locking the windows.
(d) Feeding the plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Dr. Mead say he will visit while Wysteria recovers in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 12, Miranda realizes that she is not safe and that she must leave before what?

3. What do Miranda and Farley discover the kites are made of in Chapter 13?

4. Dr. Mead tells Miranda that Wysteria must recover before she can be taken where in Chapter 8?

5. How is Miranda able to escape the Manor in Chapter 12?

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