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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. Where does Miranda hope to go to find more of her kind in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 11, Farley mentions that he will likely not go back where?

3. How does Dr. Mead say Wysteria grew up in Chapter 8?

4. What is Farley referring to when he tells Miranda there are many beings "like yourself" in other places in Chapter 10?

5. What refers to the change in characterization of a dynamic character over the course of a narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Miranda's reaction once she is flying in Chapter 11?

2. What does Dr. Mead do upon arriving in Chapter 8? What is his diagnosis?

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

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

5. How does Miranda take flight in Chapter 11?

6. How does Dr. Mead enter the Manor in Chapter 12? What is his objective there?

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. What surprise does Farley introduce to Miranda in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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