This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: The Silver Garden, Phonetic Alphabet, The Ladder, Eternal Twilight, and Fossilized Tears,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is peculiar about the way Margaret must read "The Thirteen Tales?'
(a) She must wear white gloves.
(b) She doesn't want anyone to see her reading it, so she disguises it.
(c) Every thirteenth page, she searches for a clue to a mystery.
(d) Because of a printing error, she keeps turning it upside down.

2. What does Hester do first when she arrives?
(a) Buys new drapes and furniture.
(b) Claims she would stay only until a replacement could be found.
(c) Hires three new servants.
(d) Cleans the house.

3. What kind of writing of Margaret's has been published?
(a) Essays about royalty in the thirteenth century.
(b) Non-fiction accounts of collectors, especially book and watch collectors.
(c) Essays about the lives of authors.
(d) Short novels, always wth thirteen chapters.

4. Who is Mr. Lomax?
(a) The family solicitor, or attorney.
(b) A newpaper publisher.
(c) A friend of Charlie's, the only one Charlie will speak with.
(d) A relative of Hester's.

5. In literature, what are examples of the "Rule of Three" which Vida Winter cites?
(a) Three drunken sailors, three Christmas hens.
(b) Three of the trinity, three of Satan.
(c) Fisherman's three wishes, three Billy Goats Gruff.
(d) Three sides of a golden triangle, three crowns on three kings.