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

2. What refers to something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial?

3. How is Miranda able to escape the Manor in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Miranda make her way when she awakens in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 13, Miranda and Farley realize that Captain Barrows had designed a great flying kite that was to be composed of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Dr. Mead's reaction to the laudanum in Chapter 12? Why?

6. Where does Miranda encounter Dr. Mead in Chapter 12? What does she show him?

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

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

9. Where does Miranda awaken in Chapter 12? How does she feel?

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

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

Describe and discuss Miranda's journey from the Manor in Chapter 7. What drives Miranda to leave?

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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