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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. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Miranda do to help herself calm down?
(a) Plays her flute.
(b) Swings on the front porch.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Goes for a walk.

2. In Chapter 8, what color dress is Mrs. Wainwright wearing when Miranda comes for her lesson?
(a) Blue.
(b) Beige.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

3. What does Miranda eat while her mother makes something for her and Nicole to eat in Chapter 6?
(a) Pear.
(b) Grape.
(c) Plum.
(d) Apple.

4. What Garnet family hid runaway slaves in the mid-19th century?
(a) Wainwright.
(b) McCarthy.
(c) Hooton.
(d) Galworthy.

5. In Chapter 7, what game does Miranda want to play on the drive home from New York?
(a) What Color Is It.
(b) License plate game.
(c) Alphabet game.
(d) I Spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda say Dorothy will have for breakfast in Chapter 9?

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

3. Where does Miranda feel fear for the second time in Chapter 5?

4. How long was Sigmund Galworthy bedridden after his wife was killed in a train accident?

5. In Chapter 9, what color gown is Lucinda wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Belle get upset?

2. Where does Miranda go after watching Kramers for a while in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Nicole get angry with Miranda?

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

5. What conversation does Miranda overhear between Lucinda and Sigmund in Chapter 9?

6. What does Mrs. Wainwright know about a room for slaves on the Underground Railroad in Miranda's house?

7. Where is the Hooton's secret room and how is it furnished?

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

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

10. What scene does Miranda see when she and Nicole go to the attic?

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