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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. What time does Miranda wake up while in the hotel?

2. What is Dick's occupation?

3. How does Miranda's mother greet her when she returns from Dragonwyck?

4. What does Jeff treat Johanna for after the New Year?

5. Who walks alone behind Johanna's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nicholas and Miranda are driving home from the doctor's office?

2. How does Ephraim feel about Miranda going to Dragonwyck?

3. What does Jeff do when he stays the night at Dragonwyck?

4. What does Jeff do after Johanna's death to calm his suspicions?

5. What does Miranda see one night when Nicholas and Johanna are leaving Dragonwyck for a night out?

6. What happens when Miranda walks in to the doctor's office to have Katrine's finger examined?

7. Who does Miranda sit by at the Fourth of July celebration, and what do they discuss?

8. Which doctor does Nicholas want to treat his daughter, and why?

9. What does De Grenier say about the Van Ryn's relationship while he is visiting for the Fourth of July?

10. What does Miranda see during the summer that she doesn't forget?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why does Seton choose these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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