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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what location does Hal put her tarot cards and the picture Abel had given her before going downstairs to answer Harding's summons in Chapter 19?
(a) Under the sink.
(b) Her suitcase.
(c) Her back pocket.
(d) Behind the wainscoting.

2. A trip to Trepassen House will require Hal to purchase a train ticket to what location?
(a) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(b) Penzance.
(c) Brighton.
(d) London.

3. 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) Piano concert.
(b) Court hearing.
(c) Chess match.
(d) Circus.

4. At the end of Chapter 2, Hal feels which emotion that "she hadn't dared to feel in many years" (12)?
(a) Fear.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Hope.
(d) Envy.

5. How old was Hal when her mother dashed her hopes of ever learning the identity of her father?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food is Hal carrying home to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 1?

2. The charitable donations box shaped like an ice cream cone changes in what way as Hal walks away from it in Chapter 6?

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

4. Who flashes a "Cheshire cat smile" (68) at Hal during the funeral for Hester Westaway?

5. Who gives Hal a ride to the noon appointment at Mr. Treswick's office in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Ware uses personification to suggest the qualities of Trepassen House.

2. How does the theme of trust enter the narrative within the diary entry featured at the end of Chapter 10?

3. What severe mistake does Hal nearly make when talking to Freddie, Harding's 12-year-old son, for the first time?

4. What distinction does Hal make between two different types of her clientele?

5. What alarming development happens at the funeral for Hester Westaway?

6. In what way does Ware join together the themes of free will and responsibility?

7. What are the contents of Hester Westaway's will?

8. Who is Mrs. Warren?

9. Which elements of Hal's accommodations within Trepassen House does Hal find creepy?

10. What meaningful item does Hal keep on her mantelpiece and what does the object symbolize?

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