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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 7, what game does Miranda want to play on the drive home from New York?

2. What do Jeff and Timmy use to make a torch with the matches Jeff has?

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

4. After the first family of slaves hid in the Galworthy house, how long did they have to stay at the house to recuperate?

5. Where do Uncle Willy, Aunt Belle, and their children live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Belle feel about her actions the next morning?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Buddy not want to go in the attic?

7. What scene does Miranda see when she and Nicole go to the attic?

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

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

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

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Time Windows to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Miranda discovers that time is not chronological in the dollhouse. How do scenes in the dollhouse move back and forth in time? How does the way the scenes go back and forth in time help Miranda compare and contrast the families who have lived in the house, including her own?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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