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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward tells Hal that which character cannot stand having another person angry with him?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Abel.
(d) Harding.

2. Which character tells Hal that the photographer who created the picture she now has of her mother had been Ezra?
(a) Abel.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Harding.

3. Who tells Hal when she asks about leaving for a walk that he is not her father?
(a) Harding.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Abel.
(d) Mr. Treswick.

4. Harding invites Hal into what room to have tea when she arrives back at Trepassen House?
(a) The drawing room.
(b) The study.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The dining room.

5. What role had Lizzie fulfilled within Trepassen House during her time there?
(a) Cook.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Gardener.

6. 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.

7. What type of art does Ezra's art gallery display in the place where he lives full-time?
(a) Oil paintings.
(b) Photography.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Charcoal drawings.

8. Who stops Hal in the hall on her way back from taking a bath in Chapter 37?
(a) Abel.
(b) Mrs. Warren.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Harding.

9. What object does Hal find missing from her attic room when she goes upstairs in Chapter 33?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A book.
(c) A light bulb.
(d) A knife.

10. With glasses of what type of alcohol do Hal, Ezra, Abel, and Harding make a toast to Hal's mother in Chapter 37?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rum.

11. Hal feels anger toward which member of her family as she sets out for her walk to the village of St. Piran?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Abel.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Kitty.

12. At the end of Chapter 23, Ezra announces that he misses which character?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Hester.
(c) Maud.
(d) Maggie.

13. When Hal gets to the village of St. Piran, the narrator describes it as "a collection of buildings blown together like" (254) what?
(a) Driftwood.
(b) Dominos.
(c) Lincoln logs.
(d) Pick-up sticks.

14. Who sends Hal a text message with a code enclosed that will act as her train ticket back toward Trepassen House?
(a) Harding.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Edward.
(d) Abel.

15. What statement does Hal make to Ezra during a car ride that the narrator then declares to be "only half true" (183)?
(a) That she does not miss her mother.
(b) That she does not want to move into Trepassen House.
(c) That she does not want a big family.
(d) That she does not want to meet her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. The diary entry featured at the end of Chapter 22 is dated the 8th of which month?

2. What year is included in all diary entries presented within the text?

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

4. How many minutes late for the appointment with Mr. Treswick do Hal and Ezra arrive?

5. In the diary entry included at the end of Chapter 25, what object is revealed to have been used to scratch words into the attic window?

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