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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the taxi driver at the Penzance train station say the fare will be to St. Piran's Church?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 25 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

2. In Chapter 20, Hal overhears Harding telling Mitzi that which character had included the words "Apres moi, le deluge" (163) in her final letter to him?
(a) Maud.
(b) Margarida.
(c) Hester.
(d) Maggie.

3. What is NOT an emotion Hal feels as she looks at pictures of the Westaway family's opulent lifestyle?
(a) Nerves.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Envy.

4. Hal does NOT name which of the following clients' problems when she considers the ways she is able to help them?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Domestic violence.

5. Hal's mother mentioned that Hal's father had sported what kind of accent?
(a) Australian.
(b) French.
(c) New Zealander.
(d) Spanish.

6. Who flashes a "Cheshire cat smile" (68) at Hal during the funeral for Hester Westaway?
(a) Mrs. Warren.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Mitzi.
(d) Abel.

7. When Hal performs a tarot reading for herself in Chapter 7, she draws the card depicting the Page of which objects?
(a) Swords.
(b) Riches.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Damsels.

8. Where has the photograph of Hal and her mother laughing on Brighton Beach been located for the past ten years?
(a) On the bedside table.
(b) On the mantelpiece.
(c) On the wall by the front door.
(d) On the refrigerator.

9. What liquid splashes onto Hal's face when the man with the lisp destroys her property?
(a) Tea.
(b) Milk.
(c) Oil.
(d) Treacle.

10. Mrs. Warren tells Hal that she must stay in a bedroom in what part of Trepassen House?
(a) The boathouse.
(b) The basement.
(c) The attic.
(d) The barn.

11. How many pounds does the client in Chapter 6 throw onto Hal's table before leaving the kiosk?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 100.

12. The epigraph included at the start of the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway features what element in association with the number seven?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Gold.
(c) A secret.
(d) Silver.

13. About how many years before the narrative present had Hal taken out a loan from Mr. Smith?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

15. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that Maud and Maggie had been related to one another in what way?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were sisters.
(c) They were stepsisters.
(d) They were sisters-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man with the lisp waiting for Hal inside her kiosk tells her that she has one week to pay his boss Mr. Smith how many pounds?

2. What is the only color Mrs. Warren is wearing the first time Hal meets her?

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

4. Of what material is the heavy box made that Hal uses to hold all of her important documents?

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

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