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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hal feels anger toward which member of her family as she sets out for her walk to the village of St. Piran?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Abel.
(c) Freddie.
(d) Kitty.

2. What role had Lizzie fulfilled within Trepassen House during her time there?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Cook.

3. Hal guesses that Lizzie is in what decade of life when she meets her for the first time?
(a) 70s or 80s.
(b) 50s or 60s.
(c) 30s or 40s.
(d) 40s or 50s.

4. What type of art does Ezra's art gallery display in the place where he lives full-time?
(a) Oil paintings.
(b) Photography.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Charcoal drawings.

5. In Chapter 24, which character announces the intention to renounce the contents of the will?
(a) Hal.
(b) Mrs. Warren.
(c) Harding.
(d) Ezra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Hal in the hall on her way back from taking a bath in Chapter 37?

2. Which character lends Hal a jacket for her walk to the village of St. Piran?

3. Whose voice represented in the diary Hal finds does NOT resonate with her?

4. When Hal arrives in Brighton after climbing out the window of Trepassen House, she goes straight to what area of her flat?

5. When Hal leaves the meeting at Mr. Treswick's office, she believes that which character at the meeting had held something back that he had wanted to say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objects does Hal drop on the ground in Chapter 23 and what information about her is revealed to Ezra at that moment?

2. What feelings does Hal express to Ezra about the prospect of finding her biological father and how do they differ from her true feelings?

3. Who confronts Hal when she is making her escape from Trepassen House by way of the drawing room window and what do they say?

4. What knowledge causes Hal to feel angry toward her beloved late mother?

5. Describe a chapter that acts as a builder of tension and then as a diffuser of tension, for the purposes of maintaining suspense throughout the work.

6. What extra twist within Hester Westaway's will is revealed in Chapter 22 outside of Mr. Treswick's office?

7. In Chapter 24, Hal announces to the Westaway family at Trepassen House that she has made what decision?

8. In Maggie's diary entry dated "11th December, 1994," (208) what action is Hester said to have taken after finding out about Maggie's pregnancy?

9. What is the real reason why Hal takes the four-mile walk to St. Piran village in Chapter 34?

10. What is Abel's reply when Hal asks him who had taken the photograph he had given to her and why does Hal believe his answer to be false?

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