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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lizzie reports that she had been how old when she first started to work at Trepassen House?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

3. When Hal gets out of Ezra's car back at Trepassen House in Chapter 23, what objects fall out of her pocket in addition to the photograph Abel had given her?
(a) Bills.
(b) Coins.
(c) Tarot cards.
(d) Letters.

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

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

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

7. Hal guesses that Lizzie is in what decade of life when she meets her for the first time?
(a) 50s or 60s.
(b) 40s or 50s.
(c) 70s or 80s.
(d) 30s or 40s.

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

9. What term does Mrs. Warren NOT use to describe Hal's mother on the night she catches Hal climbing out a window?
(a) Slut.
(b) Trash.
(c) Conniving.
(d) Gold digger.

10. The taxi driver had described Maggie's expression upon being dropped off at Trepassen House as resembling the look of which historical figure?
(a) Custer.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Joan of Arc.

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

12. Which character hugs Hal near the end of Chapter 25 before Hal snatches her tarot cards and runs upstairs to bed?
(a) Abel.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Harding.
(d) Mitzi.

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

14. 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?
(a) Magpies.
(b) Bats.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Crows.

15. What type of document listing a certain character's address does Hal bring with her on her walk to the village of St. Piran?
(a) A letter.
(b) A resume.
(c) A diary entry.
(d) A bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character lends Hal a jacket for her walk to the village of St. Piran?

2. Hal is nearby what structure when she falls to her knees "inches from the lake surface" (290) in Chapter 39?

3. What was the first name of the taxi driver, now deceased, who had taken Maggie back to Trepassen House after the birth of her child?

4. Hal considers in Chapter 33 that which character is the only one at Trepassen House who has never trusted her?

5. Who warns Hal in Chapter 37 to get out of Trepassen House while she "still can" (277)?

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