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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Miranda and Wysteria are described as having grown more what in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Lean.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Fat.
(d) Mean.

2. Wysteria's husband had hoped that he would break the curse of the Manor by what?
(a) Marrying true love.
(b) Avenging his mother.
(c) Lighting it on fire.
(d) Having a son.

3. What word means burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Oppressive.
(c) Depressive.
(d) Elusive.

4. What is the name of the estate owned by Wysteria in "Bird"?
(a) Bourne Manor.
(b) Mead Manor.
(c) Dean Manor.
(d) Barrows Manor.

5. What often gets stuck in Miranda's palms as she works on the nets in Chapter 3?
(a) Bird feathers.
(b) Rose thorns.
(c) Rusty hooks.
(d) Acorns.

6. What refers to a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Climax.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Exposition.

7. What is the name of Wysteria's late husband?
(a) Dr. Frederick Mead.
(b) Captain Lawrence Barrows.
(c) Captain Frank Barrows.
(d) Captain William Anderson.

8. Why must Miranda move slowly when she leaves the manor in Chapter 7?
(a) The snow is deep.
(b) The boots are heavy.
(c) The wind is strong.
(d) The rain is too heavy.

9. Miranda's room in Bourne Manor looks out across the harbor and to what mountains?
(a) The Adirondack Mountains.
(b) The Alps.
(c) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.
(d) The Appalachian Mountains.

10. When Miranda tries out the skeleton key in Chapter 4, she finds all of the rooms on the floor empty except for what?
(a) Farley's study.
(b) The storage pantry.
(c) Wysteria's bedchamber.
(d) The Captain's study.

11. In Chapter 6, Miranda learns that Farley is causing a disturbance where?
(a) In an elm tree.
(b) In a hyacinth tree.
(c) In a rose bush.
(d) In a willow tree.

12. What does Farley have strapped to his back when Miranda finds him in Chapter 6?
(a) Blue Hawk.
(b) Red Dragon.
(c) Majestic Eagle.
(d) Great Heron.

13. What does Miranda discover a great many of in the attic in Chapter 4?
(a) Rare coins.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Kites.
(d) Old albums.

14. The Bourne Manor functions as a kind of what in the novel?
(a) Windmill.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Lighthouse.
(d) Church.

15. What is Wysteria's last name in the novel?
(a) Smith.
(b) Barrows.
(c) Dean.
(d) Mead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miranda obeys Wysteria's requests to stay close to the Manor in Chapter 5, partly because she fears what?

2. In Chapter 2, Miranda says she wished she could have gone to a local school but would not have been allowed due to what?

3. What does Miranda see from the window in the morning, hoping it is Farley, in Chapter 6?

4. What does Wysteria make Miranda study in Chapter 2?

5. What arrives and removes Miranda from her trapped position in Chapter 1?

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