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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 something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?
(a) Anagram.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Symbol.

2. In the end of Chapter 8, Dr. Mead states that Wysteria may be transported where?
(a) St. Joseph Hospital.
(b) St. Mary Hospital.
(c) St. Elias Hospital.
(d) St. James Hospital.

3. What does Farley suggest Miranda use in order to fly in the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Feathers.
(b) A plane.
(c) Kites.
(d) Balloons.

4. How is Miranda able to escape the Manor in Chapter 12?
(a) Through the cellar.
(b) Through a chimney.
(c) Through a window.
(d) Through the front door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Farley referring to when he tells Miranda there are many beings "like yourself" in other places in Chapter 10?

2. What refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?

3. Where does Miranda hope to go to find more of her kind in Chapter 13?

4. Dr. Mead notes that who seems incapable of love in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 9, Miranda begins to feel the oppression of what setting in on her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inner conflicts does Miranda face in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Dr. Mead send to check in on Miranda in Chapter 9? Why won't she enter the house?

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

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

10. What climactic danger does Miranda face in Chapter 12? How does she escape?

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