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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. In Chapter 4, what type of seating do the Hootons have?

2. What was the name of a man who lived all alone in a rooming house after his wife and child died?

3. How does Miranda feel in Chapter 3 after she witnesses the scene with the Kramers and Timothy?

4. After lunch in Chapter 3, how long does Miranda tell her parents she is going to lie down?

5. What were Timmy and his brother doing when his mother tried to catch them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What once happened, which Miranda struggles to remember?

2. What does Miranda find in the attic?

3. What does Miranda think of the house as she wanders the first floor?

4. What is the village commons like?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Miranda compare summer in Garnet to New York City?

6. At lunch, what do Helen and Philip tell Miranda about their neighbors in Chapter 3?

7. What does Miranda see when she returns to the attic after lunch in Chapter 2?

8. What does Miranda learn about the family that broke into the attic?

9. How are things going for the Brownes by the end of their first week in the new house?

10. What are the Hootons like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Brownes move to Massachusetts. What does each member of the family feel about the move, and why do they have different thoughts about moving?

Essay Topic 2

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Reiss use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects, especially the dollhouse?

Essay Topic 3

Miranda discovers that time is not chronological in the dollhouse. How do scenes in the dollhouse move back and forth in time? How does the way the scenes go back and forth in time help Miranda compare and contrast the families who have lived in the house, including her own?

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