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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's nurse tells Miranda in Chapter 9 that the house is indeed cursed and that its purported fortunes had taken hold of whom?
(a) Many in the town.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Dr. Westmoreland.

2. The Bourne Manor was named after whom?
(a) Dr. Mead's great-grandmother.
(b) Wysteria's great-grandmother.
(c) Miranda's father.
(d) Captain Barrows' grandmother.

3. In Chapter 11, Miranda wakes up having dreamed of what?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Falling.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Flying.

4. In Chapter 13, Miranda and Farley realize that Captain Barrows had designed a great flying kite that was to be composed of what?
(a) The other kites.
(b) Plane parts.
(c) The Bourne Manor.
(d) Bird wings.

5. What is Farley doing when Miranda finds him in Chapter 11?
(a) Killing a deer.
(b) Flying a kite.
(c) Skipping stones.
(d) Building a sand castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Farley is stunned to hear that Miranda has never seen what in Chapter 10?

2. Dr. Mead tells Miranda that Wysteria must recover before she can be taken where in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the nurse Dr. Mead sends to check on Miranda in Chapter 9?

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

5. How does Dr. Mead say Wysteria grew up in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chapter 11 a crucial moment in the development of Miranda's character in the novel?

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

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

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

5. How does Dr. Mead enter the Manor in Chapter 12? What is his objective there?

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

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

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

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

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