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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 nurse Dr. Mead sends to check on Miranda in Chapter 9?
(a) Miss Moreland.
(b) Miss Jameson.
(c) Miss Andrews.
(d) Miss Smart.

2. What word means the tip, point, or vertex?
(a) Column.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Apex.
(d) Depression.

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

4. Where does Miranda say she found the bottle she shows to the doctor in Chapter 12?
(a) Wysteria's bedchamber.
(b) Captain Barrows' study.
(c) The attic.
(d) Her bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miranda realize when she sees the Manor from the air in Chapter 11?

2. What refers to a person or thing that precipitates an event or change in literature?

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

4. In Chapter 11, Farley mentions that he will likely not go back where?

5. What does Miranda decide to look for before leaving the Manor in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Mead's view of curses, as described in Chapter 8? How does the doctor relate to the plot and the protagonist?

2. What is Miranda's state of mind when she awakens in Chapter 11? Where does she go?

3. How does Dr. Mead enter the Manor in Chapter 12? What is his objective there?

4. What does Dr. Mead suggest Miranda do about Wysteria in Chapter 8? What does he promise to do as well?

5. What surprise does Farley introduce to Miranda in Chapter 11?

6. What is Miranda's reaction once she is flying in Chapter 11?

7. What is Miranda's time alone at the Manor like in the beginning of Chapter 9?

8. What does Farley discuss with Miranda on their kite-flying trip in Chapter 10?

9. What does Farley reveal about his future and plans in Chapter 11? How does Miranda react?

10. What does Miss Moreland reveal about the history of Bourne Manor and Dr. Mead in Chapter 9?

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