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

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

3. Miranda has to unlock the attic by using what in Chapter 4?
(a) A credit card.
(b) Hairpin and file.
(c) Dr. Mead's key.
(d) Wysteria's key.

4. Miranda is unable to rescue Red Dragon without what happening in Chapter 5?
(a) Wysteria discovering her.
(b) Dr. Mead discovering her.
(c) Farley seeing her.
(d) The hounds chasing her.

5. One of the boys in Chapter 7 claims the curse is due to the great riches within the Manor, and that the house kills anyone who tries to do what?
(a) Leave the house.
(b) Spend money.
(c) Sleep in the house.
(d) Keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. As soon as Miranda is out of view of Bourne Manor, she is overwhelmed by the beauty of what in Chapter 7?

2. What does Wysteria trust will keep Miranda close to home in Chapter 5?

3. Miranda is introduced to a boy named Farley after having lived with Wysteria how many years?

4. How many generations of grim ancestral portraits line the walls of the hall in Bourne Manor?

5. Farley asks if Miranda can accompany him where to fly the kite in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? Where is she taken and by whom?

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

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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