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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. Dr. Mead tells Miranda that Captain Barrows believed that the Manor was cursed and also thought that through what he could break the curse in Chapter 8?
(a) Building kites.
(b) Learning to fly.
(c) True love for his wife.
(d) Adventure.

2. What alarms Miranda and Dr. Mead to believe that Wysteria has waken up in Chapter 8?
(a) The fire alarm.
(b) The bell ringing.
(c) The telephone ringing.
(d) The hounds barking.

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?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

4. What does Miranda do for the first time in the novel since the beginning in Chapter 11?
(a) Sings.
(b) Swims.
(c) Flies.
(d) Dances.

5. In the end of Chapter 8, Miranda says she will stay behind to watch after the manor and what?
(a) The birds.
(b) The children.
(c) The hounds.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farley bring to Miranda when he arrives in Chapter 10?

2. What does Miranda take with her when she leaves the Manor in Chapter 12?

3. What word means the tip, point, or vertex?

4. When Farley arrives in Chapter 10, Miranda realizes she does not want him to do what?

5. Dr. Mead notes that who will refuse to come to the manor to assist Wysteria in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Miranda encounter Dr. Mead in Chapter 12? What does she show him?

3. How did Captain Barrows hope to break the curse of the Manor, according to Dr.Mead in Chapter 8?

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

5. What do Miranda and Farley discover about Captain Barrows' plans in Chapter 13?

6. Where does Miranda awaken in Chapter 12? How does she feel?

7. What does Farley reveal about his future and plans in Chapter 11? How does Miranda react?

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

9. What is Miranda's reaction once she is flying in Chapter 11?

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

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