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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. What instrument does Nicholas play well?

3. What is Greta's occupation?

4. How does Abigail feel as she prepares Miranda to leave for Dragonwyck?

5. Who arrives at Dragonwyck before the festivities of the Fourth of July are over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda see one night when Nicholas and Johanna are leaving Dragonwyck for a night out?

2. How does Miranda describe Johanna when she is first introduced?

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

4. What do Nicholas and Miranda think of each other when they first meet?

5. What happens as Klaas is brought forward to pay his rent to Nicholas?

6. What does Jeff do after Johanna's death to calm his suspicions?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice is a theme that is very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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