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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 sport did Miranda play in New York?

2. How long has Miranda been playing the flute?

3. What are Iris and Andrew wearing when the scene in the dollhouse changes from Lucinda and Donald in Chapter 3?

4. What does Miranda wear when she gets dressed at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. What type of tree is outside Miranda's bedroom window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Hootons like?

2. What does Miranda witness in Chapter 3 when she visits the dollhouse after lunch?

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

4. What bothers Miranda when she tries to sleep?

5. What is the village commons like?

6. Where is Browne's new house located and what does it look like?

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

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

9. What does Miranda learn about Dorothy and her family?

10. What can Miranda see from the attic windows?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miranda is fascinated by the dollhouse and its occupants. How involved does Miranda become with the dollhouse? How and why does it become an obsession for her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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