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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 name of the estate owned by Wysteria in "Bird"?
(a) Bourne Manor.
(b) Dean Manor.
(c) Mead Manor.
(d) Barrows Manor.

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

3. Miranda hopes to signal to Farley by doing what in Chapter 6?
(a) Waving a flag from the window.
(b) Waving a kite from the window.
(c) Fanning smoke out the window.
(d) Moving her hands by a flame.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miranda is introduced to a boy named Farley after having lived with Wysteria how many years?

2. Wysteria's husband had hoped that he would break the curse of the Manor by what?

3. What does Miranda claim Wysteria loves more than anything in Chapter 2?

4. One of the boys in Chapter 7 claims the curse is due to the great riches within the Manor, and that the house kills anyone who tries to do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miranda rediscover the Red Dragon in Chapter 5?

2. What does Miranda begin doing every morning in Chapter 4? Why?

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

4. What does Miranda discover upon awakening in Chapter 6?

5. How does Miranda feel after she has left the Manor in Chapter 7?

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

7. When does Miranda arrive at her new surroundings in Chapter 1? What does she remark about the estate?

8. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? Where is she taken and by whom?

9. What strange and habitual behavior is displayed by Wysteria in Chapter 3? What reason does she give for this behavior?

10. What is Miranda's room like at the estate? How does she describe the setting of the Manor in Chapter 1?

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