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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 favorite stuffed animal does Miranda put on her pillow in her room?
2. What does Miranda wear when she gets dressed at the beginning of Chapter 2?
3. What was the name of a man who lived all alone in a rooming house after his wife and child died?
4. How many houses are on the street where the Browne's will live in Garnet?
5. What is the first person doing that Miranda sees in the attic in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. At lunch, what do Helen and Philip tell Miranda about their neighbors in Chapter 3?
2. Why is Iris Kramer planning to put up black cloth on the attic windows?
3. What does Miranda see when she returns to the attic after lunch in Chapter 2?
4. Why does Miranda decline to go on bike rides and walks with her parents in Chapter 3?
5. What bothers Miranda when she tries to sleep?
6. What is the village commons like?
7. What does Miranda witness in Chapter 3 when she visits the dollhouse after lunch?
8. Where is Browne's new house located and what does it look like?
9. What does Andrew Kramer say about the house and how his family came to own it?
10. What does Philip Browne know about the history of the house they buy?
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
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Time Windows, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different chapters?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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