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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. What arrives and removes Miranda from her trapped position in Chapter 1?

2. What are Wysteria's four dogs that Miranda befriends referred to in "Bird"?

3. Why must Miranda move slowly when she leaves the manor in Chapter 7?

4. What character is the antagonist in the novel?

5. What does Farley have strapped to his back when Miranda finds him in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Miranda arrive at her new surroundings in Chapter 1? What does she remark about the estate?

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

3. How does the author contrast Miranda and Wysteria regarding their interests and values in Chapter 4?

4. Describe Miranda's process of working in Chapter 3. How does Wysteria treat Miranda regarding her work?

5. How does Miranda rediscover the Red Dragon in Chapter 5?

6. What is Miranda's response to the boys in Chapter 7? What does she learn of the Manor from them?

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

8. What is Miranda's room like at the estate? How does she describe the setting of the Manor in Chapter 1?

9. What draws Miranda into the attic in Chapter 4? How does she find it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of longing in the novel. How does Miranda's longing increase in Chapter 6?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. Mead and Captain Barrows. In what ways does Dr. Mead consider himself superior to the Captain and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Miss Moreland and the exposition revealed by her in Chapter 9. What does Miss Moreland relate of Dr. Mead?

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