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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are featured in the only photograph Abel gives to Hal?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. In what month does the narrative begin?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) October.

3. In what room within Trepassen House does Hal discover and look at a photograph album?
(a) The parlor.
(b) The study.
(c) The living room.
(d) The conservatory.

4. How old was Hal when her mother dashed her hopes of ever learning the identity of her father?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

5. Of what material is the heavy box made that Hal uses to hold all of her important documents?
(a) Lead.
(b) Steel.
(c) Wood.
(d) Tin.

6. Hal's tattoo on her side and back pictures what sort of bird?
(a) A magpie.
(b) A starling.
(c) A robin.
(d) A swallow.

7. At the end of Chapter 2, Hal feels which emotion that "she hadn't dared to feel in many years" (12)?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Hope.
(c) Envy.
(d) Fear.

8. Why does Hal run after the client who has just departed in Chapter 6?
(a) The client had paid too much money.
(b) The client had not paid enough money.
(c) The client had mentioned Mr. Smith.
(d) The client had left her purse.

9. Each of Mitzi and Harding's children is awarded how many thousands of pounds from their grandmother Hester Westaway?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

10. Once Hal introduces herself to the Westaway family, who speaks up to add that she is "Maud's daughter" (91)?
(a) Harding.
(b) Mitzi.
(c) Mr. Treswick.
(d) Abel.

11. The charitable donations box shaped like an ice cream cone changes in what way as Hal walks away from it in Chapter 6?
(a) Its light turns off.
(b) It lights up.
(c) It emits a whirring sound.
(d) It explodes.

12. In what position is octogenarian Mrs. Warren employed within Trepassen House?
(a) Cook.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Interior designer.

13. What is Hal's legal first name?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Halpern.
(d) Helen.

14. In Chapter 16, Hal misses which character so much that it is "like a physical pain around her heart" (129)?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her aunt.

15. Who follows Hal outside after breakfast in Chapter 18 and offers to show her the hedge maze?
(a) Abel.
(b) Mitzi.
(c) Freddie.
(d) Harding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since the death of Hal's mother?

2. How many teenage children do Harding and his wife Mitzi have together?

3. When Hal performs a tarot reading for herself in Chapter 7, she draws the card depicting the Page of which objects?

4. In Chapter 12, Hal sees how many long black sedans pull up beneath her attic window?

5. Hal's mother mentioned that Hal's father had sported what kind of accent?

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