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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 do Peggy and Miranda plan while Nicholas is away from Dragonwyck for a few days?
(a) Miranda's birthday party.
(b) Peggy's wedding.
(c) A dinner with Jeff.
(d) A return party for Nicholas.

2. What does Miranda find in the attic while Nicholas is gone?
(a) A wedding picture of Johanna.
(b) Johanna's diary.
(c) An opium pipe.
(d) Her baby's cradle.

3. What does Abigail say to Ephraim about Miranda's match with Nicholas?
(a) It is the will of God.
(b) They must make the best of it.
(c) She is terribly happy.
(d) She has deep reservations about the marriage.

4. What is outside of the theater when the Van Ryns go to see the play?
(a) A strike.
(b) Police men.
(c) An angry mob.
(d) A car accident.

5. What does Miranda's baby die from?
(a) Poor nutrition.
(b) A heart defect.
(c) A collapsed lung.
(d) An ear infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miranda know instinctively when she wakes up after the boat injury?

2. What does Miranda think Nicholas is upset about when he is healing?

3. Why is Zelie not present at Miranda's new home with Nicholas?

4. What drug does Nicholas use while in the tower room?

5. What sickness does Miranda get after the boat accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Miranda stay when she gets back to Dragonwyck, and how does she feel about this?

2. What does Miranda realize when she falls ill in the Pine Orchard Mountain House?

3. What does Jeff write to Miranda about, and how is he feeling?

4. What happens when a bucket of water is thrown on Nicholas?

5. What does Miranda do with Dragonwyck when she hears that Nicholas is dead?

6. What does Miranda find in the attic, and how does this make her feel?

7. How do Jeff and Miranda try and escape?

8. What happens when Miranda meets with Nicholas in the tower room?

9. What does Jeff do for Peggy before he and Miranda move to California?

10. What happens when a new governor is elected?

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