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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. Where do Uncle Willy, Aunt Belle, and their children live?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Maine.
(d) Connecticut.

2. When does Miranda go to the attic while Nicole is visiting?
(a) When Nicole is in the shower.
(b) Midnight.
(c) After Nicole goes to sleep.
(d) Just before dawn.

3. What are the Hootons eating when Miranda comes over in Chapter 11?
(a) Raspberry strudel.
(b) Coffee cake.
(c) Cinnamon rolls.
(d) Monkey bread.

4. What does Lucinda want to do with her life?
(a) Be a professor or work in business.
(b) Be a doctor or work in business.
(c) Be a lawyer or work in business.
(d) Be an engineer or work in business.

5. What does Uncle Willy remember that Helen broke when they were swinging and tipped over backwards into bushes?
(a) Wrist.
(b) Pinky finger.
(c) Thumb.
(d) Nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets a headache in Chapter 5 and has to spend the rest of the afternoon lying down?

2. How long has Miranda been in Garnet at the end of Chapter 6?

3. Who did all the work on the hiding place for escaped slaves in the Hooton house?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Helen fix for a snack to eat?

5. How old was the bride of an elderly mayor of Garnet in 1880?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Miranda and her father have about an atmosphere in the house and how does her mother react?

2. How do Miranda's parents begin arguing on the trip back from New York City in Chapter 7?

3. What does Helen think is wrong with Miranda when Miranda tells her about feeling terror on the steps of the attic?

4. What does Mrs. Wainwright tell Miranda about the Galworthys?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Miranda feel after Aunt Belle comments on the scent of magnolia?

6. In Chapter 8, what truce do the Browne's have?

7. In Chapter 9, why does Hannah approach Mr. Galworthy, and how does he handle her query?

8. How does Belle feel about her actions the next morning?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Miranda do when she is awakened by a thunderstorm?

10. What does Miranda learn about the Hootons in Mrs. Wainwright's book about 19th century Garnet?

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