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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aurelius Love bring to Margaret after she falls?
(a) A cup of tea and some cake.
(b) Bandages and crutches.
(c) A golf cart so she would not have to walk on her sore foot.
(d) A photograph.

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

3. Who else participates in the"experiment" of Hester and the doctor?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) Hester's friend, Samuel.
(c) The doctor's wife.
(d) John-the-dig.

4. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:
(a) Curious. She wants to learn more, and becomes intent on researching missing information.
(b) Angry. She is furious that her parents had not told her the truth previously.
(c) Enlightened. She now understands her lifelong feeling of loneliness.
(d) Elated. She is happy that she has a sister and is eager to meet her.

5. What do Hester and John-the-dig argue about?
(a) His refusal to lock the gate.
(b) His strange habit of humming as he strolls the grounds after midnight.
(c) A mysterious child who is seen on the property.
(d) His insistence that Isabelle should return to Angelfield.

6. Vida Winter is reluctant to let Margaret leave for a few days. Why?
(a) Winter is afraid that Margraet will contact her twin sister Emmeline.
(b) Winter is terminally ill and wants to complete the telling of her story before she dies.
(c) Winter and Margaret have become friends; she wants her companionship.
(d) WInter is afraid that Margaret will tell the outside world her story before it is concluded.

7. What promise does Margaret ask of Winter before committing to the writing of her biography?
(a) Winter must be willing to offer editing and writing advice for Margaret's own writing.
(b) Margaret must be allowed to have freedom to come and go from the house.
(c) Winter must tell Margaret three facts that can be validated in public record.
(d) Winter must let them write outside in the garden, in the flowers.

8. Whom does Hester consult for advice about the children?
(a) A child psychologist from London.
(b) Dr. Maudsley.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) The village priest.

9. What do the children do that make John-the-Dig and Missus sad?
(a) They destroy an entire apple tree right as it bloomed.
(b) They destroy years of work in John-the-Digs's topiary garden.
(c) They bully younger children.
(d) They cut each other's hair, destroying their beautiful appearance.

10. Is the report of the Angelfield fire confirmed by the Banbury Herald newspaper?
(a) Yes.
(b) Apparently not. There was no mention of a fire at Anglefield.
(c) Perhaps. There was a fire, but not in the year Winter had reported.
(d) The fire was only in the barn, not in the main house.

11. Why is Angelfield scheduled for demolition?
(a) A small airport is to be built on the site.
(b) A golf course is to be built on the site.
(c) Kids like to play in the ruins, but the falling walls are dangerous.
(d) A hotel is to be built on the site.

12. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.
(b) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(c) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.
(d) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.

13. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?
(a) She answers the door and sees her twin standing there.
(b) She finds her sister's birth certificate and death certificate.
(c) Margaret's parents finally tell her the truth, and show her legal documents.
(d) She is sent a letter with a picture of her parents with both babies.

14. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
(a) Her hand is badly scarred from fire; a mark like a Q was also embedded in the scar.
(b) Her hair is a deep black except for thick streaks of silver and white.
(c) Her left arm has three burn marks; a cross-like symbol marks her, not unlike a brand.
(d) She walks with a pronounced limp; one leg is signicantly shorter than the other.

15. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?
(a) The date of Vida Winter's birth was missing.
(b) There had been no interview with a man pleading for the truth from Winter.
(c) There was no mention of twin girls in any of the accounts.
(d) Angelfield servants were mentioned, but not John-the-dig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hester has become quite well-read on what subject?

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

3. The following adjectives best describe Charlie as a child:

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

5. What is peculiar about the way Margaret must read "The Thirteen Tales?'

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