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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. After Captain Barrows' death, Dr. Mead's nurse says that Dr. Mead had looked the other way without realizing it due to what?
(a) His love for Wysteria.
(b) His own obsession with the house.
(c) His love for Sarah Barrows.
(d) His obsession with kites.

2. Once in the Manor, Dr. Mead becomes singularly focused on finding his family's lost fortune where in Chapter 12?
(a) Captain Barrows' study.
(b) The basement.
(c) The attic.
(d) Wysteria's bedchamber.

3. In Chapter 11, Miranda wakes up having dreamed of what?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Flying.
(d) Falling.

4. Where does Dr. Mead ask Miranda to take him in Chapter 8?
(a) The basement.
(b) The Captain's study.
(c) The great hall.
(d) The secret garden.

5. The townspeople downwind of the manor believe that Wysteria is what?
(a) Generous.
(b) A saint.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the morning in Chapter 12, Miranda awakens where?

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

4. Why did Dr. Mead try to talk Captain Barrows out of marrying, as he relates in Chapter 8?

5. What is Wysteria diagnosed with in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dr. Mead send to check in on Miranda in Chapter 9? Why won't she enter the house?

2. How is Chapter 11 a crucial moment in the development of Miranda's character in the novel?

3. What do Miranda and Farley discover about Captain Barrows' plans in Chapter 13?

4. How does Miranda react to Farley's return in Chapter 10?

5. Where does Miranda awaken in Chapter 12? How does she feel?

6. How did Captain Barrows hope to break the curse of the Manor, according to Dr.Mead in Chapter 8?

7. How does Dr. Mead's demeanor at the Manor change in Chapter 8? What does he learn of Miranda?

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

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

10. What does Dr. Mead say about Captain Barrows' marriage in Chapter 8?

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