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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the beginning of the book, who has sent Margaret a surprising letter?
2. With whom does Hester seems to be making some positive impact?
3. How does Hester help the Missus?
4. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe why Hester and the doctor thought it might be important to separate the twins.
2. Describe the incident of the baby and perambulator.
3. Describe the bookstore. Who were its main customers, and how was most of its income made?
4. Describe Vida Winter's reaction to Margaret 's short leave of absence.
5. What happens to Mrs. Maudsley when she arrives at Angelfield to check on the twins?
6. Explain why Hester leaves Angelfield so suddenly.
7. Contrast the differences in Margaret's parents.
8. List a few "odd" behaviors of the twins as they go about the countryside.
9. At one point in their first conversation, Margaret is uncomfortable and gets up to leave. What words of Vida Winter bring her back?
10. What information does Margaret find at the Banbury Herald? What information does she NOT find?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"All children mythologize their birth." What does this quote by Vida Winter mean? How is this true for you or for others you have known? What myths were the characters in the story perpetuating and why?
Essay Topic 2
How is understanding family history helpful in understanding an individual? Winter says to Margaret that individuals are part of their family's story. Do you believe that an individual is so marked by his family or by the past events of a family that he or she is trapped by this background? Can a family so mark a person that he or she cannot change? Discuss this question as it relates either to Vida Winters or to Margaret Lea.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 2, Margaret Lea says, "through the written word, they (authors) can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you." In what ways did this novel arouse a reader's emotions? Give specific examples of emotions or life lessons that a reader could use from this novel.
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