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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. 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.

2. 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) December.
(c) October.
(d) January.

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

4. What intention does Hal announce within her voicemail message to Harding?
(a) Her intention to return to Trepassen House.
(b) Her intention to determine the identity of her father.
(c) Her intention to keep in touch.
(d) Her intention to renounce the will.

5. What type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Kitty?
(a) A Planetary Spread.
(b) A Fan Spread.
(c) A Horseshoe Spread.
(d) A Celtic Cross spread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Hal make to Ezra during a car ride that the narrator then declares to be "only half true" (183)?

2. What object does Hal find missing from her attic room when she goes upstairs in Chapter 33?

3. Abel takes what action before Hal can complete his tarot reading?

4. 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?

5. With glasses of what type of alcohol do Hal, Ezra, Abel, and Harding make a toast to Hal's mother in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What feelings does Hal express to Ezra about the prospect of finding her biological father and how do they differ from her true feelings?

2. What does Hal find out when she speaks with Lizzie?

3. What extra twist within Hester Westaway's will is revealed in Chapter 22 outside of Mr. Treswick's office?

4. What knowledge causes Hal to feel angry toward her beloved late mother?

5. How does Hal sustain a physical injury in Chapter 38?

6. What does Hal decide in Chapter 33 about Mrs. Warren's reason for staying silent about the identity of Hal's mother and why does her conclusion frighten her?

7. Discuss an instance when Ware combines foreshadowing with the use of a literary device, such as a simile.

8. In Chapter 24, Hal announces to the Westaway family at Trepassen House that she has made what decision?

9. To which two questions is Hal determined to find the answers by returning to Trepassen House?

10. When Hal gets back to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 28 and finds a diary in the box under her bed, what does she learn?

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