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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. Farley asks if Miranda can accompany him where to fly the kite in Chapter 6?
(a) To the beach.
(b) Into town.
(c) To the mountains.
(d) To the church.

2. On what floor is Miranda's room in the Manor?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The first floor.
(c) The third floor.
(d) The fourth floor.

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

4. The doctor's secretary tells Miranda that the doctor will not be excited to do what in Chapter 7?
(a) See Wysteria.
(b) Go near the hounds.
(c) Return to the Manor.
(d) Visit his sister.

5. Both Miranda and Wysteria are described as having grown more what in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Fat.
(b) Mean.
(c) Lean.
(d) Joyful.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Miranda say Wysteria's husband had been dead in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. What does Wysteria make Miranda study in Chapter 2?

5. What does Miranda become an expert at while tending the kites in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What natural ability does Miranda describe having in Chapter 2? What does this lead to in regard to her duties for Wysteria?

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Miranda encounter along her journey in Chapter 7? What comments are made?

7. What leads Miranda to begin wandering further from the Manor in Chapter 5?

8. What leads Wysteria to give Miranda heavier boots in Chapter 5? How does Miranda feel about her situation?

9. What happens when Miranda finds the doctor's office in Chapter 7?

10. What does the character Farley do when he first is introduced in Chapter 5? What is Miranda and Wysteria's reaction to the boy?

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