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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wysteria makes her living by mending fishing nets for the fishing fleet out of where?
(a) Seattle Bay.
(b) St. Albans.
(c) Anderson Bay.
(d) Gray Harbor.

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

3. One of the boys in Chapter 7 claims that the house caused Captain Barrows to do what?
(a) Kill his wife.
(b) Throw himself off a cliff.
(c) Kill his son.
(d) Run away to sea.

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

5. What is the narrative voice of the novel?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

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

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

8. For how long does Miranda say Wysteria's husband had been dead in Chapter 6?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 4 years.

9. Miranda longs to do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Fly.
(b) Sing.
(c) Paint.
(d) Swim.

10. What does Miranda leave the manor to do in Chapter 7?
(a) Find her parents.
(b) Find Farley.
(c) Escape across the lake.
(d) Find a doctor.

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

12. How does Miranda lose Red Dragon in Chapter 5?
(a) An eagle breaks the string.
(b) Wysteria takes the string.
(c) She loses her grasp of the string.
(d) It magically lifts away.

13. Wysteria introduces Miranda to the crafting of what at an early age?
(a) Fishing nets.
(b) Lace doilies.
(c) Doll houses.
(d) Kites.

14. The boots Wysteria makes Miranda wear have what in the soles of them?
(a) Steel plates.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Gold stars.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miranda do when Farley brings the kite to her in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 4,Miranda happens upon a skeleton key which can unlock all the doors on what floor of the Manor?

3. What does Wysteria tell Miranda when she arrives to meet her in Chapter 6?

4. How many times had Captain Lawrence Barrows sailed the world?

5. What is the name of the family who owned the great estate and into which Wysteria married in order to become wealthy?

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