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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What duty is Miranda in charge of which she enjoys greatly in Chapter 3?
(a) Locking the windows.
(b) Cleaning the basement.
(c) Cleaning the kites.
(d) Lighting the lantern.

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

3. How many stories high is Bourne Manor?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Miranda comes to Wysteria's estate in what month in Chapter 1?

2. On what floor is Miranda's room in the Manor?

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

4. What does Miranda claim Wysteria loves more than anything in Chapter 2?

5. Why must Miranda move slowly when she leaves the manor in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda encounter when she goes to respond to Wysteria's bell in Chapter 6?

2. What strange and habitual behavior is displayed by Wysteria in Chapter 3? What reason does she give for this behavior?

3. What draws Miranda into the attic in Chapter 4? How does she find it?

4. What gossip surrounds Miranda's character in the town? How does Wysteria react to it in Chapter 2?

5. What leads Miranda to begin wandering further from the Manor in Chapter 5?

6. How does Miranda's character develop independence in Chapter 3?

7. What breaks Miranda's solitude in Chapter 5? How is her life described at this time? How long has she been at the Manor?

8. How are the early years of Miranda's stay described in Chapter 2? What does Wysteria use to keep Miranda from leaving?

9. What does Miranda discover upon awakening in Chapter 6?

10. What happens when Miranda finds the doctor's office in Chapter 7?

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