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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. How much sleep does Helen think Belle got in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 11, what food does Miranda take to the attic when she is awakened by a thunder storm?

3. How old was the bride of an elderly mayor of Garnet in 1880?

4. How often do Philip and Helen quarrel when they stay at the Rosenbaums for a bit after bringing Nicole home in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 6, how often does Aunt Belle say she has spanked her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Timmy and Jeff start a fire in the attic and how are they saved from the fire?

2. What does Miranda learn about the Hootons in Mrs. Wainwright's book about 19th century Garnet?

3. Why does Dan come back to the attic after he shows Buddy out?

4. How do Miranda's parents begin arguing on the trip back from New York City in Chapter 7?

5. What conversation does Miranda overhear between Lucinda and Sigmund in Chapter 9?

6. In Chapter 11, what does Miranda do when she is awakened by a thunderstorm?

7. Why does Belle think her emotions got out of control?

8. In Chapter 8, what truce do the Browne's have?

9. Why does Nicole get angry with Miranda?

10. What conversation do Philip and Miranda have about the house at the end of Chapter 10?

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

Lucinda is not content with running her household and taking care of her daughter. Irene seems content to care for her children and stay at home until she is infected with Lucinda's ideas. What roles were women expected to play in 1904 and the 1940s? Why was it not acceptable for women to have a job, especially in 1904?

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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