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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The diary that Hal finds in the wooden box beneath her bed upon returning to Brighton contains handwriting similar to whose?

5. What obstacle would Hal have if she were required to buy her own ticket back toward Trepassen House?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do Ezra and Hal arrive late to the appointment with Mr. Treswick?

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

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

4. What is the real reason why Hal takes the four-mile walk to St. Piran village in Chapter 34?

5. What objects does Hal drop on the ground in Chapter 23 and what information about her is revealed to Ezra at that moment?

6. What is Abel's reply when Hal asks him who had taken the photograph he had given to her and why does Hal believe his answer to be false?

7. What is the most popular theory among Abel, Ezra, and Harding in relation to their mother's motive for drawing up her will the way she had?

8. 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?

9. In Maggie's diary entry dated "11th December, 1994," (208) what action is Hester said to have taken after finding out about Maggie's pregnancy?

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

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