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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. In Chapter 6, after waking up from a nap, Miranda finds Wysteria still annoyed by what?
(a) Miranda's absence.
(b) Farley's visit.
(c) The bad weather.
(d) Dr. Mead's visit.

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

3. What does Farley have strapped to his back when Miranda finds him in Chapter 6?
(a) Blue Hawk.
(b) Great Heron.
(c) Majestic Eagle.
(d) Red Dragon.

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

5. What does Miranda become an expert at while tending the kites in Chapter 4?
(a) Charting the weather.
(b) Weaving kite-wire.
(c) Counting money.
(d) Charting the oceans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wysteria tell Miranda when she arrives to meet her in Chapter 6?

2. Both Miranda and Wysteria are described as having grown more what in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What is Wysteria's last name in the novel?

4. In the end of Chapter 7, Miranda pleads for the doctor's help and the secretary says that she will receive it when?

5. What does Miranda discover a great many of in the attic in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda encounter when she goes to respond to Wysteria's bell in Chapter 6?

2. What is Miranda's response to the boys in Chapter 7? What does she learn of the Manor from them?

3. What leads Miranda to leave the Manor in Chapter 7? Who does she take with her?

4. How are the early years of Miranda's stay described in Chapter 2? What does Wysteria use to keep Miranda from leaving?

5. How does Miranda feel about lighting the lantern in Chapter 3? Why?

6. What room does Miranda discover in Chapter 4?

7. What breaks Miranda's solitude in Chapter 5? How is her life described at this time? How long has she been at the Manor?

8. How does Miranda describe her feelings about her education at Bourne Manor in Chapter 2?

9. How does Miranda's character develop independence in Chapter 3?

10. What gossip surrounds Miranda's character in the town? How does Wysteria react to it in Chapter 2?

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