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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Hal begins to read the diary she finds wrapped in a tea towel, she starts with an entry dated with what month?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) December.

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

5. By what pet name does Lizzie call Hal upon first meeting her?
(a) Dearheart.
(b) Love.
(c) Honey.
(d) Pudding.

6. Whose voice represented in the diary Hal finds particularly resonates with her?
(a) Lizzie's.
(b) Maud's.
(c) Kitty's.
(d) Maggie's.

7. What year is included in all diary entries presented within the text?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1972.
(d) 2004.

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

9. The diary that Hal finds in the wooden box beneath her bed upon returning to Brighton contains handwriting similar to whose?
(a) Mitzi's.
(b) Abel's.
(c) Hal's mother's.
(d) Mrs. Warren's.

10. Besides the main course, what other food is served at the dinner featured in Chapter 25?
(a) Baked potatoes.
(b) Macaroni and cheese.
(c) Apples.
(d) Pie.

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

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

13. Lizzie reports having seen Maggie sporting "a black eye and a split lip" (259) while on her way to what location one day?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) School.
(c) The garden.
(d) The hospital.

14. 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.

15. How old had Maud been when Lizzie began to work at Trepassen House?
(a) 12 or 13.
(b) 5 or 6.
(c) 9 or 10.
(d) 2 or 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edward comes to fetch Hal for dinner, near what feature on the property of Trepassen House is she standing?

2. Who stops Hal in the hall on her way back from taking a bath in Chapter 37?

3. 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?

4. When Hal gets to the village of St. Piran, the narrator describes it as "a collection of buildings blown together like" (254) what?

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

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