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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 type of tree is outside Miranda's bedroom window?

2. How many houses are on the street where the Browne's will live in Garnet?

3. When does Miranda look at the dollhouse in Chapter 3?

4. What is the weather like for the occupants of the dollhouse when Miranda returns in Chapter 3?

5. When Miranda sees the Kramers, what stain does Timmy have on his shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda's new bedroom look like, and how does she imagine it will look after they fix it up?

2. What does Miranda find in the attic?

3. What bothers Miranda when she tries to sleep?

4. What does Miranda think of the house as she wanders the first floor?

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

6. What does Philip Browne know about the history of the house they buy?

7. What does Miranda see when she returns to the attic after lunch in Chapter 2?

8. What does Andrew Kramer say about the house and how his family came to own it?

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

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

Miranda has always gotten along well with her mother. How and why does Miranda and Helen’s relationship begin to change and deteriorate the longer they are in Garnet?

Essay Topic 2

Verisimilitude ensures that even a story that has magical elements is rooted in reality and plausible. How does Reiss create a believable world in Time Windows?

Essay Topic 3

Miranda has a feeling that she has forgotten an important memory. What is revealed about memory through Miranda’s experience of a repressed/forgotten memory in “Ever After”?

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