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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. What main course does Mrs. Warren serve at the dinner featured in Chapter 25?
(a) Quiche.
(b) Stew.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Pizza.

2. What object does Hal find missing from her attic room when she goes upstairs in Chapter 33?
(a) A light bulb.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A book.

3. Besides the main course, what other food is served at the dinner featured in Chapter 25?
(a) Apples.
(b) Macaroni and cheese.
(c) Baked potatoes.
(d) Pie.

4. Hal is nearby what structure when she falls to her knees "inches from the lake surface" (290) in Chapter 39?
(a) The servants' quarters.
(b) The shed.
(c) The garage.
(d) The boathouse.

5. When Hal leaves Trepassen House in the middle of the night, she crawls out of a window in which room?
(a) The attic bedroom.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role had Lizzie fulfilled within Trepassen House during her time there?

2. Which character tells Hal that the photographer who created the picture she now has of her mother had been Ezra?

3. When Hal begins to read the diary she finds wrapped in a tea towel, she starts with an entry dated with what month?

4. 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?

5. What intention does Hal announce within her voicemail message to Harding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Hal gets back to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 28 and finds a diary in the box under her bed, what does she learn?

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

6. For what reason do Ezra and Hal arrive late to the appointment with Mr. Treswick?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Which element of her late mother's behavior perplexes Hal the most, as depicted in Chapter 36?

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