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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 does Wysteria trust will keep Miranda close to home in Chapter 5?
(a) Her boots.
(b) Her leash.
(c) Her coat.
(d) Her wings.

2. How many times had Captain Lawrence Barrows sailed the world?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

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

4. Miranda is introduced to a boy named Farley after having lived with Wysteria how many years?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. What is the name of the doctor that Miranda tracks down in Chapter 7?
(a) Dr. Anderson.
(b) Dr. Barrows.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Dr. Mead.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the narrative voice of the novel?

5. What is the name of Wysteria's late husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the character Farley do when he first is introduced in Chapter 5? What is Miranda and Wysteria's reaction to the boy?

3. What does Miranda learn about Wysteria's marriage in Chapter 2? Why does she choose to stay with Wysteria?

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

5. Who does Miranda encounter along her journey in Chapter 7? What comments are made?

6. How does Miranda feel about lighting the lantern in Chapter 3? Why?

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

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

9. What leads Wysteria to give Miranda heavier boots in Chapter 5? How does Miranda feel about her situation?

10. What is Miranda's room like at the estate? How does she describe the setting of the Manor in Chapter 1?

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