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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farley asks if Miranda can accompany him where to fly the kite in Chapter 6?
(a) To the mountains.
(b) Into town.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the beach.

2. Where is Farley from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) France.

3. Miranda has overheard that Wysteria married her late husband for what reason in Chapter 2?
(a) Money.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Love.
(d) Revenge.

4. As soon as Miranda is out of view of Bourne Manor, she is overwhelmed by the beauty of what in Chapter 7?
(a) The rose bushes and the willow trees.
(b) The hyacinth and elderberry trees.
(c) The antelopes and deer.
(d) The sky and the ocean.

5. What does Miranda do when Farley brings the kite to her in Chapter 5?
(a) Gives him money.
(b) Feigns ignorance.
(c) Tells him to go away.
(d) Takes the kite.

6. Miranda is the cause of gossip at the Manor due to what, in Chapter 2?
(a) Her small size and strange clothing.
(b) Her feathers and webbed feet.
(c) Her shyness and mysterious arrival.
(d) Her large size and short hair.

7. The doctor's secretary tells Miranda that the doctor will not be excited to do what in Chapter 7?
(a) Return to the Manor.
(b) Go near the hounds.
(c) See Wysteria.
(d) Visit his sister.

8. What does Miranda become an expert at while tending the kites in Chapter 4?
(a) Weaving kite-wire.
(b) Counting money.
(c) Charting the weather.
(d) Charting the oceans.

9. What arrives and removes Miranda from her trapped position in Chapter 1?
(a) A white witch.
(b) A centaur.
(c) Three fauns.
(d) Two hounds.

10. Miranda comes to Wysteria's estate in what month in Chapter 1?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) June.

11. Why does Wysteria make Miranda wear special boots?
(a) So she won't fly away.
(b) So she can't sing.
(c) So she won't swim away.
(d) So she will drown.

12. The doctor's secretary tells Miranda that the doctor is where in Chapter 7?
(a) In England on business.
(b) On an island tending to another patient.
(c) On a cruise in the South of France.
(d) In Alaska on vacation.

13. What does Farley refer to Miranda as when he first meets her in Chapter 5?
(a) "The bird girl."
(b) "The ugly girl."
(c) "The pretty girl."
(d) "The angel."

14. What are Wysteria's four dogs that Miranda befriends referred to in "Bird"?
(a) The Wolves.
(b) The Canines.
(c) The Hounds.
(d) The Beasts.

15. What does Miranda claim Wysteria loves more than anything in Chapter 2?
(a) Her dogs.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical?

2. What do the boys who jeer at Miranda in Chapter 7 refer to Wysteria as?

3. What does Miranda leave the manor to do in Chapter 7?

4. How many rooms are there in Bourne Manor?

5. What is the name of the doctor that Miranda tracks down in Chapter 7?

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