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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 give Miranda after she becomes trapped in a bush in Chapter 5?
(a) A pocket knife.
(b) A tutor.
(c) Heavier boots.
(d) A rope ladder.

2. How many boys stop to jeer at Miranda as she travels in Chapter 7?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

3. Miranda has begun wandering further from the Manor to gather what in Chapter 5?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Onions.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. What does Wysteria make Miranda study in Chapter 2?
(a) Biology.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Arithmetic.

5. Wysteria is described by the narrator as having her own particular kind of what in Chapter 4?
(a) Charity.
(b) Parachute.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Generosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Farley from?

2. 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?

3. Both Miranda and Wysteria are described as having grown more what in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. Miranda has overheard that Wysteria married her late husband for what reason in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 6, Miranda learns that Farley is causing a disturbance where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Miranda's process of working in Chapter 3. How does Wysteria treat Miranda regarding her work?

6. What room does Miranda discover in Chapter 4?

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

8. When does Miranda arrive at her new surroundings in Chapter 1? What does she remark about the estate?

9. What interaction takes place between Miranda and Farley in Chapter 6?

10. How does Miranda rediscover the Red Dragon in Chapter 5?

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