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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 refers to the change in characterization of a dynamic character over the course of a narrative?
(a) Character deployment.
(b) Character development.
(c) Character initiation.
(d) Character depreciation.

2. Dr. Mead notes that who seems incapable of love in Chapter 8?
(a) Captain Barrows.
(b) Farley.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Wysteria.

3. What does Miranda discover is a small form of opium that when used in large quantities could cause hallucination and death in Chapter 12?
(a) Laudanum.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Heroin.

4. After Captain Barrows' death, Dr. Mead's nurse says that Dr. Mead had looked the other way without realizing it due to what?
(a) His love for Sarah Barrows.
(b) His love for Wysteria.
(c) His own obsession with the house.
(d) His obsession with kites.

5. How often does Dr. Mead say he will visit while Wysteria recovers in Chapter 8?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every morning.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Once a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farley convince Miranda to take off for the first time in Chapter 11?

2. Once in the Manor, Dr. Mead becomes singularly focused on finding his family's lost fortune where in Chapter 12?

3. How many pieces of paper are in the walls that Miranda always thought had been Wysteria's manner of insulating the room in Chapter 12?

4. Who do the hounds return along with in the end of Chapter 9?

5. What ritual does Miranda begin doing while Wysteria is gone to the hospital in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miranda take flight in Chapter 11?

2. What is Dr. Mead's reaction to the laudanum in Chapter 12? Why?

3. What is Miranda's time alone at the Manor like in the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What surprise does Farley introduce to Miranda in Chapter 11?

5. What does Dr. Mead do upon arriving in Chapter 8? What is his diagnosis?

6. What is Dr. Mead's view of curses, as described in Chapter 8? How does the doctor relate to the plot and the protagonist?

7. How does Miranda react to Farley's return in Chapter 10?

8. What does Dr. Mead say about Captain Barrows' marriage in Chapter 8?

9. What is Miranda's state of mind when she awakens in Chapter 11? Where does she go?

10. How does Dr. Mead's demeanor at the Manor change in Chapter 8? What does he learn of Miranda?

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