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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. What are Miranda and her mother going to do after they get Miranda enrolled in school?
(a) Look at wallpaper.
(b) Look at school supplies.
(c) Look at curtains.
(d) Look at paint.

2. Where does Andrew Kramer work?
(a) Garnet.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Winthrop.
(d) Boston.

3. What sport did Miranda play in New York?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Softball.

4. In Chapter 2, about how old is the first person Miranda sees in the attic?
(a) 7 or 8.
(b) 90s.
(c) 80s.
(d) 10 or 12.

5. What type of penny bank do the Kramers find in the attic?
(a) Santa at a chimney.
(b) Girl with a dog.
(c) Dancing bear.
(d) Organ grinder with a monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miranda choose the room she takes as her bedroom?

2. What is on the wallpaper in Miranda's bedroom in Garnet?

3. In Chapter 1, how long has Miranda's father been sick?

4. What were Timmy and his brother doing when his mother tried to catch them?

5. What is Timmy doing when Miranda goes back to the dollhouse after lunch in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can Miranda see from the attic windows?

2. What is the village commons like?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Miranda compare summer in Garnet to New York City?

4. In Chapter 2, who comes to the attic after the first person Miranda sees there disappears?

5. What once happened, which Miranda struggles to remember?

6. How does the scene in the dollhouse change in Chapter 3 when Miranda's parents call her?

7. How are things going for the Brownes by the end of their first week in the new house?

8. At lunch, what do Helen and Philip tell Miranda about their neighbors in Chapter 3?

9. Why does Miranda decline to go on bike rides and walks with her parents in Chapter 3?

10. Why is Iris Kramer planning to put up black cloth on the attic windows?

(see the answer keys)

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