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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. What does Miranda leave the manor to do in Chapter 7?

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

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

4. In Chapter 6, Miranda learns that Farley is causing a disturbance where?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What leads Miranda to leave the Manor in Chapter 7? Who does she take with her?

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

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

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

8. How does Miranda feel about Farley's absence in the beginning of Chapter 7?

9. What does Miranda learn about Wysteria's marriage in Chapter 2? Why does she choose to stay with Wysteria?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of fantasy fiction, and the biography and works of the author. What recognition has Murphy received for her novels?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe Miranda's exchange with the boys in Chapter 7. What does Miranda learn about Bourne Manor from them, and how much weight does she give this information?

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