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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which member of the Westaway family appears not to have an online presence?
(a) Harding.
(b) Abel.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Mitzi.

3. Which character shakes Hal's hand upon meeting her in Chapter 12?
(a) Abel.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Harding.
(d) Ezra.

4. What is NOT the name of one of Hester Westaway's three sons?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Harding.
(d) Abel.

5. In Chapter 12, when Hal decides that she does not feel like an athlete after all, she decides that she instead "feels like a grandmaster before a" (90) what?
(a) Court hearing.
(b) Circus.
(c) Piano concert.
(d) Chess match.

6. 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?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

7. In Chapter 16, Hal receives a threatening text message from one of Mr. Smith's lackeys that states only which two words?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Hurry up.
(c) Five days.
(d) Take care.

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

9. Mr. Treswick tells the family that which character has been awarded 30,000 pounds in the will of Hester Westaway?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Mitzi.
(d) Mrs. Warren.

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

11. How old is Hal when the novel begins?
(a) 17.
(b) 24.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

12. What sort of aid does Mrs. Warren use to help her move around?
(a) A wheelchair.
(b) A pair of leg braces.
(c) A walker.
(d) A cane.

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

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

15. What is the only color Mrs. Warren is wearing the first time Hal meets her?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, Hal mistakenly wanders into rooms belonging to whom?

2. Hal finds a letter in the recycle bin inviting her to Trepassen House at the behest of what kind of person?

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

4. What does Hal do when she hears that Harriet Westaway has been awarded the remainder of Hester Westaway's estate?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, Hal feels which emotion that "she hadn't dared to feel in many years" (12)?

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