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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. Dr. Mead notes that who seems incapable of love in Chapter 8?

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

3. Dr. Mead's nurse tells Miranda in Chapter 9 that the house is indeed cursed and that its purported fortunes had taken hold of whom?

4. What is in the bottle Miranda has found in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Miranda make her way when she awakens in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Miranda take flight in Chapter 11?

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

8. What climactic danger does Miranda face in Chapter 12? How does she escape?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Miranda as the protagonist of the novel. What heroic or noble characteristics does Miranda exhibit in the novel's beginning?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the setting of the novel. Where is Lake Champlain and where is the Manor situated on the lake?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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