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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 physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
(a) Her hair is a deep black except for thick streaks of silver and white.
(b) Her left arm has three burn marks; a cross-like symbol marks her, not unlike a brand.
(c) She walks with a pronounced limp; one leg is signicantly shorter than the other.
(d) Her hand is badly scarred from fire; a mark like a Q was also embedded in the scar.
2. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?
(a) Tells ghost stories that frighten the twins.
(b) Asks the Angelfield twins to babysit.
(c) Sets her baby outside in her yard.
(d) Chats with Isabelle Angelfield.
3. When Winter returns to the telling of her story, she talks of the village men asking for Dr. Maudsley's help with the twins. How does the doctor first attempt to solve the problem?
(a) He visits every day for two weeks and then gives up in failure.
(b) He, according to common practice of the time, uses leeches to try to clean their blood.
(c) He diagnoses insanity and recommends that the twins be sent to an asylum.
(d) He sends his wife to talk to the twin's mother.
4. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?
(a) He advises her to go behind WInter's back and contact her twin.
(b) He tells her Vida Winter is terminally ill.
(c) He tells her that Vida WInter has no more than one week to live.
(d) He tells Margaret that it would be wise to begin wearing gloves and a mask when she is near Winters.
5. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?
(a) Her father's money from a bank in London.
(b) A handsome husband.
(c) An emerald ring that her father suspected was stolen.
(d) Two packages, which are two babies.
Short Answer Questions
1. In literature, what are examples of the "Rule of Three" which Vida Winter cites?
2. Who is in the perambulator for the dangerous ride downhill?
3. Winter's frankness and honesty create a strong first reaction in Margaret. Early in their first conversation, Margaret:
4. How many different (untrue) versions of her life has Ms. Winter told to reporters and interviewers?
5. A woman in white used what to hurt a visitor to the Angelfield house?
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