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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 is Nicholas's last name?

2. Where are the De Greniers from?

3. What does the minister say happens if what the down renters destroy is replaced?

4. What does Charity almost die from?

5. How many servants are at the Van Ryn house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Miranda feel when she sees the hotel room that is prepared for her, at her first stop on her journey to Dragonwyck?

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

4. What does Nicholas do when he and Miranda meet alone at night after Johanna's death?

5. What is given to Miranda just before she heads to her own home after the funeral?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why does Seton choose these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

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