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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. How does Johanna describe winters at the manor?

2. What does Miranda tell Nicholas about Dragonwyck while they are in town together?

3. How does De Grenier think Miranda feels about Nicholas?

4. Why is Katrine so confused when Nicholas takes her to the doctor?

5. What does Jeff treat Johanna for after the New Year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who knocks on Miranda's door when she is in bed for the first night in Dragonwyck, and what is said?

2. How does Jeff feel about Dragonwyck when he comes to treat Johanna's cold in the winter?

3. What causes Miranda's father to think twice about leaving his daughter, and what does she say to change her mind?

4. How does Ephraim feel about Nicholas when he first arrives at the hotel?

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

6. Why does Miranda think she should go to Dragonwyck instead of her sister?

7. What does Miranda think about when she goes to bed for the first time in Dragonwyck?

8. What does Jeff do when he stays the night at Dragonwyck?

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

10. What does Miranda see during the summer that she doesn't forget?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jeff's relationship with Miranda change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Peggy is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alter the outcome of the plot? What happens differently if she is not in the book at all?

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