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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Miranda describe the day she spends in town when Katrine is taken to the doctor?
(a) Magical.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Never-ending.

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

3. Why is Miranda unable to sleep while in the hotel?
(a) Her surroundings are too unfamiliar.
(b) Her new nightgown in uncomfortable.
(c) There are no crickets in the city.
(d) Nicholas is snoring.

4. Who is left in charge during the mourning time?
(a) Magda.
(b) Zelie.
(c) Katrine.
(d) Miranda.

5. Why does Katrine have to see a doctor in Chapter Seven?
(a) Her toes keep going numb.
(b) She has no appetite.
(c) She has a sore finger.
(d) She loses her voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miranda's mother describe Nicholas?

2. Where is Johanna kept in state after her death?

3. What does Nicholas's wife always think about?

4. What does Nicholas give Miranda after Johanna's death?

5. What do the down renters destroy on St. Nicholas Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nicholas and Johanna spend their days doing?

2. What happens while Miranda is working on a handkerchief, after the party on the Fourth of July?

3. What does Ephraim think after Jeff leaves the farm?

4. What does Miranda think about while her father reads the family bible?

5. How does Johanna die, and how does Nicholas respond?

6. What happens when Nicholas and Miranda are driving home from the doctor's office?

7. What happens when Miranda agrees to play a game of Blind Man's Bluff?

8. What happens when a maid summons Miranda to Johanna's room?

9. What does Miranda do to try and convince her father to let her go to Dragonwyck?

10. What happens when Miranda walks in to the doctor's office to have Katrine's finger examined?

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