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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. How long do Miranda, Dan, and Buddy spend looking for a secret room in the cellar of her house in Chapter 12?

2. What time does Dan's father tell him to come back home in Chapter 12 when he and Buddy go over to Miranda's?

3. What does Helen do in Chapter 7, when Miranda starts sobbing in the car as her parents argue?

4. What does Uncle Willy remember that Helen broke when they were swinging and tipped over backwards into bushes?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Miranda make for herself, Anni, and Simon to eat when they make a hiding place in the boxwood bushes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Belle think her emotions got out of control?

2. What does Mrs. Wainwright know about a room for slaves on the Underground Railroad in Miranda's house?

3. How do Timmy and Jeff start a fire in the attic and how are they saved from the fire?

4. Who does Miranda see at Mrs. Wainwright's and why in Chapter 8?

5. What does Dan think when Miranda tells him about what she can see in the dollhouse?

6. Why does Dan come back to the attic after he shows Buddy out?

7. What does Mrs. Wainwright tell Miranda about the Galworthys?

8. What conversation does Miranda overhear between Lucinda and Sigmund in Chapter 9?

9. What does Helen think is wrong with Miranda when Miranda tells her about feeling terror on the steps of the attic?

10. In Chapter 9, why does Hannah approach Mr. Galworthy, and how does he handle her query?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tension is a literary device designed to evoke readers' emotions. How does Reiss create tension in various scenes in Time Windows? How does the use of tension add stimulation and excitement to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Miranda is fascinated by the dollhouse and its occupants. How involved does Miranda become with the dollhouse? How and why does it become an obsession for her?

Essay Topic 3

Lucinda is not content with running her household and taking care of her daughter. Irene seems content to care for her children and stay at home until she is infected with Lucinda's ideas. What roles were women expected to play in 1904 and the 1940s? Why was it not acceptable for women to have a job, especially in 1904?

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