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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Miranda when she cries for the first time since leaving her house?
(a) On the ferry.
(b) Her new bedroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The dining room.

2. Who does Miranda spend most of her time with after the ball?
(a) Katrine.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Johanna.
(d) De Grenier.

3. What does Nicholas give Klaas Becker as he is ordered to leave?
(a) A map.
(b) An arrest warrant.
(c) A wagon and a horse.
(d) Gold coins.

4. Who arrives at Dragonwyck before the festivities of the Fourth of July are over?
(a) The land surveyors.
(b) The tax collectors.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The tenant farmers.

5. How does Miranda's mother greet her when she returns from Dragonwyck?
(a) Coldly.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Warmly.
(d) Frantically.

6. What is the name of the city where the boat lands?
(a) Prantipsie.
(b) Pugmire.
(c) Packisborough.
(d) Poughkeepsie.

7. Who does Miranda's mother think should be sent to Dragonwyck?
(a) Tibby.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Charity.
(d) Emily.

8. How does Miranda's mother describe Nicholas?
(a) A shrewish rich man.
(b) A very grand personage.
(c) A humble businessman.
(d) A nobleman of virtue.

9. How does Miranda's mother describe Dragonwyck?
(a) A one walled city.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) A castle.
(d) A great house.

10. What does Miranda notice about her father as they ride towards town together?
(a) He is crying.
(b) He relaxes.
(c) He is smiling.
(d) He does not speak a word.

11. What does Miranda's father give her as a parting gift?
(a) A locket.
(b) A bible.
(c) A journal.
(d) A framed picture.

12. Who does Miranda tell her secret to?
(a) Tibby.
(b) Charity.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Abigail.

13. What does Miranda accidentally see Nicholas doing during the summer?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Shaving.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Dressing.

14. What does Miranda realize about Nicholas as he speaks to her on the boat?
(a) He is very controlling.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He has dark moods.
(d) He is dependant on his wife.

15. Why does Nicholas hate Johanna?
(a) She is unkind to him.
(b) She has no fortune.
(c) She is obese.
(d) She cannot bear him a son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boat Miranda and Nicholas take to his estate?

2. What is brought to Nicholas by the people who come to Dragonwyck before the festivities of the Fourth of July are over?

3. How does Miranda describe the day she spends in town when Katrine is taken to the doctor?

4. What does Charity almost die from?

5. How does Jeff think the tenant farmers get their justice?

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