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

2. How many children did Wysteria have with her late husband?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. What does Miranda bring to Wysteria through the night to help her in Chapter 6?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Cold water.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 7, Miranda remarks that Farley has not returned since he came to do what?
(a) Return the kite.
(b) Give her money.
(c) Ask for Dr. Mead.
(d) Talk to Wysteria.

5. What do the boys who jeer at Miranda call her in Chapter 7?
(a) "The Bourne Witch."
(b) "The Bourne Mouse."
(c) "The Meadow Lark."
(d) "The Bourne Slave."

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 duty is Miranda in charge of which she enjoys greatly in Chapter 3?

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

4. How many turrets does Bourne Manor have?

5. Miranda hopes to signal to Farley by doing what in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What room does Miranda discover in Chapter 4?

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

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

6. How does Miranda feel after she has left the Manor in Chapter 7?

7. What natural ability does Miranda describe having in Chapter 2? What does this lead to in regard to her duties for Wysteria?

8. What does Miranda begin doing every morning in Chapter 4? Why?

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

10. What is Miranda's response to the boys in Chapter 7? What does she learn of the Manor from them?

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