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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miranda's room in Bourne Manor looks out across the harbor and to what mountains?

2. What is the name of the doctor that Miranda tracks down in Chapter 7?

3. Wysteria's mansion is located on the eastern shore of what body of water?

4. The boys who jeer at Miranda in Chapter 7 say that she is Wysteria's what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What interaction takes place between Miranda and Farley in Chapter 6?

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

3. Describe Miranda's process of working in Chapter 3. How does Wysteria treat Miranda regarding her work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. Mead and Captain Barrows. In what ways does Dr. Mead consider himself superior to the Captain and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Farley in the novel. Where does Miranda first see Farley? What is her impression of the boy?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the narrative voice of "Bird". In what person and tense is the story related? What is the tense?

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