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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 Farley convince Miranda to take off for the first time in Chapter 11?
(a) Her boots.
(b) Her wings.
(c) Her scarf.
(d) Her coat.

2. What does Dr. Mead have his nurse bring Miranda in Chapter 9?
(a) Food.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Her hounds.
(d) A kite.

3. When Farley arrives in Chapter 10, Miranda realizes she does not want him to do what?
(a) Speak to her.
(b) Enter the Manor.
(c) Go to the hospital.
(d) Talk to Wysteria.

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

5. Where does Miranda make her way when she awakens in Chapter 11?
(a) To church.
(b) To school.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Farley doing when Miranda finds him in Chapter 11?

2. What was the great kite that Captain Barrows designed going to be called?

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

5. What does Miranda decide to look for before leaving the Manor in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dr. Mead suggest Miranda do about Wysteria in Chapter 8? What does he promise to do as well?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Farley discuss with Miranda on their kite-flying trip in Chapter 10?

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