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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. Where is Miranda when she cries for the first time since leaving her house?
2. What does Miranda work on after the party?
3. What is the name of the city where the boat lands?
4. What is the name of the house Miranda is supposed to make her first stop at?
5. How many tenant farmers meet in Smoky Hollow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes Miranda's father to think twice about leaving his daughter, and what does she say to change her mind?
2. What does Jeff do after Johanna's death to calm his suspicions?
3. What does Nicholas ask Miranda to do after her first dinner at Dragonwyck?
4. What happens as Klaas is brought forward to pay his rent to Nicholas?
5. How do de Grenier and Miranda feel about the way Nicholas handles the offerings of the tenant farmers?
6. How does Johanna die, and how does Nicholas respond?
7. How does Miranda feel when she sees the hotel room that is prepared for her, at her first stop on her journey to Dragonwyck?
8. What happens when Miranda agrees to play a game of Blind Man's Bluff?
9. Which doctor does Nicholas want to treat his daughter, and why?
10. Who knocks on Miranda's door when she is in bed for the first night in Dragonwyck, and what is said?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Peggy is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alter the outcome of the plot? What happens differently if she is not in the book at all?
Essay Topic 2
How does Jeff's relationship with Miranda change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?
Essay Topic 3
Betrayal is a theme introduced in a few places in this book. How does this constant stream of betrayal affect the outcome of the plot, and which characters are most affected by it?
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