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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. The doctor's secretary tells Miranda that the doctor is where in Chapter 7?

2. Wysteria has the odd habit of opening every single window in the Manor when?

3. What word means burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical?

4. Miranda says in Chapter 2 that she was adept at what from a young age?

5. Miranda has overheard that Wysteria married her late husband for what reason in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads Wysteria to give Miranda heavier boots in Chapter 5? How does Miranda feel about her situation?

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

4. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? Where is she taken and by whom?

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

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

7. Who does Miranda encounter along her journey in Chapter 7? What comments are made?

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

9. What does Miranda discover upon awakening in Chapter 6?

10. What breaks Miranda's solitude in Chapter 5? How is her life described at this time? How long has she been at the Manor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of oppression in the novel. What symbolism supports this theme?

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

Describe and analyze the character of Farley in the novel. Where does Miranda first see Farley? What is her impression of the boy?

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