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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The charitable donations box shaped like an ice cream cone changes in what way as Hal walks away from it in Chapter 6?
(a) It explodes.
(b) It emits a whirring sound.
(c) It lights up.
(d) Its light turns off.

2. The epigraph included at the start of the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway features what element in association with the number seven?
(a) A secret.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Sorrow.

3. Why does Hal run after the client who has just departed in Chapter 6?
(a) The client had paid too much money.
(b) The client had mentioned Mr. Smith.
(c) The client had left her purse.
(d) The client had not paid enough money.

4. How many pounds does the client in Chapter 6 throw onto Hal's table before leaving the kiosk?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 40.

5. What types of birds attack Mr. Treswick's car as he and Hal approach Trepassen House?
(a) Magpies.
(b) Crows.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Robins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hal finds a letter in the recycle bin inviting her to Trepassen House at the behest of what kind of person?

2. At the end of Chapter 2, Hal feels which emotion that "she hadn't dared to feel in many years" (12)?

3. How many teenage children do Harding and his wife Mitzi have together?

4. Hal's mother mentioned that Hal's father had sported what kind of accent?

5. Hal does NOT name which of the following clients' problems when she considers the ways she is able to help them?

(see the answer key)

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