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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Hal a ride to the Penzance train station in Chapter 42?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Mr. Treswick.
(c) Mrs. Warren.
(d) Harding.

2. When Hal begins to read the diary she finds wrapped in a tea towel, she starts with an entry dated with what month?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) December.

3. In Chapter 8, the reader learns that Hal's mother had died "a couple of days before" (55) which of Hal's birthdays?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

4. Who tells Ezra that he had been his mother's favorite child?
(a) Mrs. Warren.
(b) Abel.
(c) Harding.
(d) Lizzie.

5. Which character urges Hal in Chapter 24 to use the night to think over the contents of Hester's will?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Harding.
(c) Mitzi.
(d) Abel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hal is nearby what structure when she falls to her knees "inches from the lake surface" (290) in Chapter 39?

2. Which stage of the novel's plot arc occurs in Chapter 47?

3. When Hal arrives back at Trepassen House, she is told that how many guests have departed in her absence?

4. In Chapter 16, Hal misses which character so much that it is "like a physical pain around her heart" (129)?

5. Into what location does Hal put her tarot cards and the picture Abel had given her before going downstairs to answer Harding's summons in Chapter 19?

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