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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 6, what does Helen fix for a snack to eat?

2. What does Buddy sense about the attic?

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

4. Who did all the work on the hiding place for escaped slaves in the Hooton house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mrs. Wainwright tell Miranda about the Galworthys?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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