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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is there to fetch Hal from the train station on her journey from Brighton back to Trepassen House?
(a) Mitzi.
(b) Harding.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Abel.

2. What type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Abel?
(a) A two-card spread.
(b) A three-card spread.
(c) A five-card spread.
(d) A four-card spread.

3. What is the last topic Hal mentions before Abel puts an end to the tarot reading?
(a) Death.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Dedication.

4. Hal wakes up in Brighton and places a call to Harding on what day of the week in Chapter 31?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

5. In Chapter 24, which character announces the intention to renounce the contents of the will?
(a) Harding.
(b) Hal.
(c) Mrs. Warren.
(d) Ezra.

6. What major revelation does Hal make to the Westaway brothers in Chapter 37?
(a) She is not Maggie's daughter.
(b) She is not Maud's sister.
(c) She is not Maud's daughter.
(d) She is not Ezra's daughter.

7. How many miles lie between Trepassen House and the village of St. Piran?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

9. Which character declares in Chapter 24 that he wants none of his mother Hester's money?
(a) Freddie.
(b) Harding.
(c) Abel.
(d) Ezra.

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

11. When Edward and Hal walk into the dining room from outside, which character is the only one missing?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Abel.
(c) Mitzi.
(d) Kitty.

12. What main course does Mrs. Warren serve at the dinner featured in Chapter 25?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Stew.
(d) Quiche.

13. 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 want to meet her father.
(b) That she does not want a big family.
(c) That she does not want to move into Trepassen House.
(d) That she does not miss her mother.

14. Which character is NOT named as an executor of Hester Westaway's will?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Harding.
(c) Abel.
(d) Mrs. Warren.

15. Hal believes by the end of Chapter 30 that the only way she will find out the identity of her father is if she travels to what location?
(a) Trepassen House.
(b) St. Piran.
(c) Penzance.
(d) Brighton.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The diary entry included at the end of Chapter 25 states that Hester had found out about which character's pregnancy?

3. As Hal walks toward the village of St. Piran, the reader learns that she is going there to find which character?

4. At the end of Chapter 23, Ezra announces that he misses which character?

5. Ezra's car is covered with the droppings of what type of creatures in Chapter 21, causing his and Hal's tardiness to the appointment with Mr. Treswick?

(see the answer keys)

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