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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Merrily and the Perambulator and Dr. and Mrs. Maudsley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What odd behavior does Isabelle's father display in the early days of Isabelle's life?
(a) He refuses to come out of his room; he does not eat or sleep.
(b) He gallops horses up and down the moors, often in the moonlight.
(c) He becomes convinced people are stealing from him, so he becomes suspicious and miserly.
(d) He wanders the streets of the village at night, drunk.

2. When the doctor comes to Angelfield, he recommends what?
(a) That Isabelle be sent to an asylum.
(b) That her children be removed from her.
(c) That the meals must change as their diets were insufficient.
(d) That the entire house be closed down as uninhabitable.

3. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:
(a) Moorlands.
(b) Angelfield.
(c) Hanley Downs.
(d) Dangerfield.

4. What happens to Roland, Isabelle's husband?
(a) He leaves for America, promising Isabelle he would send for her.
(b) He leaves Isabelle for another woman soon after their marriage.
(c) He dies of pneunomia.
(d) He is called to military service and dies on the battlefield.

5. Describe the abrupt change in the way Isabelle's father treats her.
(a) He becomes a doting father to the baby; singing lullabyes and reading stories.
(b) He loves her at first, but after a few months begins to disdain her and hate her presence.
(c) He leaves suddenly, leaving her in the care of the gardener and cook.
(d) He hires extra help to make sure she is well cared for and entertained.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children do that make John-the-Dig and Missus sad?

2. What is the phrase from the letter Margaret has received that keeps running through Margaret's mind?

3. As Margaret settles into her bedroom on her first night in Vida Winter's house, she rearranges which aspect of the bedroom?

4. How many different (untrue) versions of her life has Ms. Winter told to reporters and interviewers?

5. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?

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