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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. In Chapter 3, how often does Miranda have to look at the dollhouse?

2. In Chapter 3, what is the date of a painting Miranda remembers seeing at the New York Art Museum?

3. Where did a man go to live when his wife and child died?

4. In the dollhouse attic, what covers the windows?

5. What is Eleanor Wainwright's address?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Iris Kramer planning to put up black cloth on the attic windows?

3. What is the village commons like?

4. In Chapter 2, who comes to the attic after the first person Miranda sees there disappears?

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

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

7. Why does Mrs. Wainwright call Miranda a late starter?

8. At lunch, what do Helen and Philip tell Miranda about their neighbors in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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 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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