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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 day of the week will Miranda have her flute lessons?
2. Where did a man go to live when his wife and child died?
3. In Chapter 3, what is the date of a painting Miranda remembers seeing at the New York Art Museum?
4. When was the only time Ed did not live in Garnet?
5. What does Miranda think she sees in a corner of the attic that is not there when her parents come up?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Miranda decline to go on bike rides and walks with her parents in Chapter 3?
2. What does Miranda learn about Dorothy and her family?
3. What is the village commons like?
4. What does Miranda think of the house as she wanders the first floor?
5. Why is Iris Kramer planning to put up black cloth on the attic windows?
6. In Chapter 4, how does Miranda compare summer in Garnet to New York City?
7. What does Miranda remember about dating in New York?
8. What does Andrew Kramer say about the house and how his family came to own it?
9. What once happened, which Miranda struggles to remember?
10. At lunch, what do Helen and Philip tell Miranda about their neighbors in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Time Windows and why is that incident the climax?
Essay Topic 2
Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Reiss use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects, especially the dollhouse?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Time Windows? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Miranda?
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