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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms are there in Bourne Manor?

2. In the end of Chapter 7, Miranda pleads for the doctor's help and the secretary says that she will receive it when?

3. Miranda longs to do what in Chapter 4?

4. What does Wysteria give Miranda after she becomes trapped in a bush in Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of the doctor that Miranda tracks down in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda encounter when she goes to respond to Wysteria's bell in Chapter 6?

2. How does Miranda's character develop independence in Chapter 3?

3. What leads Miranda to begin wandering further from the Manor in Chapter 5?

4. How does Miranda feel after she has left the Manor in Chapter 7?

5. How does Miranda feel about lighting the lantern in Chapter 3? Why?

6. What happens when Miranda finds the doctor's office in Chapter 7?

7. What strange and habitual behavior is displayed by Wysteria in Chapter 3? What reason does she give for this behavior?

8. How does Miranda describe her feelings about her education at Bourne Manor in Chapter 2?

9. What leads Miranda to leave the Manor in Chapter 7? Who does she take with her?

10. What does Miranda learn about Wysteria's marriage in Chapter 2? Why does she choose to stay with Wysteria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the setting of the novel. Where is Lake Champlain and where is the Manor situated on the lake?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and analyze the narrative voice of "Bird". In what person and tense is the story related? What is the tense?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characteristics of Miranda and Captain Barrows in the novel. How are they similar? How do they differ?

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