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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 3, how often does Miranda have to look at the dollhouse?

2. In Chapter 4, where do the Brownes join the Hooton at their house?

3. What is the name of Lucinda's cook?

4. How much weight did Philip's doctor tell him he needed to lose?

5. How do the Kramers get into the attic, which is locked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda's new bedroom look like, and how does she imagine it will look after they fix it up?

2. What are the Hootons like?

3. What does Miranda witness in Chapter 3 when she visits the dollhouse after lunch?

4. Why does Miranda decline to go on bike rides and walks with her parents in Chapter 3?

5. What does Miranda learn about Dorothy and her family?

6. What does Philip Browne know about the history of the house they buy?

7. Why does Mrs. Wainwright call Miranda a late starter?

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

9. How does the scene in the dollhouse change in Chapter 3 when Miranda's parents call her?

10. In Chapter 2, who comes to the attic after the first person Miranda sees there disappears?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not fantasy?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Time Windows, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different chapters?

Essay Topic 3

Miranda has a feeling that she has forgotten an important memory. What is revealed about memory through Miranda’s experience of a repressed/forgotten memory in “Ever After”?

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