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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. Who built the dollhouse that is a replica of the Galworthy house?

2. Where did Aunt Belle sleep after her outburst with the children?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Hannah say Dorothy cannot eat?

4. When was Mrs. Wainwright born?

5. In Chapter 7, what color car is a man driving who honks and swerves around the Browne's car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Miranda go after watching Kramers for a while in Chapter 11?

4. What does Dan think when Miranda tells him about what she can see in the dollhouse?

5. Who does Miranda see at Mrs. Wainwright's and why in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Nicole get angry with Miranda?

7. In Chapter 5, what does Miranda feel after Aunt Belle comments on the scent of magnolia?

8. What conversation do Miranda and her father have about an atmosphere in the house and how does her mother react?

9. What does Helen think is wrong with Miranda when Miranda tells her about feeling terror on the steps of the attic?

10. What does Mrs. Wainwright know about a room for slaves on the Underground Railroad in Miranda's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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”?

Essay Topic 2

Stories are made up of characters who are round or dynamic characters and flat or static characters. Who are some characters who are merely named in passing of have a minor role in Time Windows? What is the importance of these flat or static characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Time Windows? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Miranda?

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