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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 type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Abel?
(a) A five-card spread.
(b) A four-card spread.
(c) A three-card spread.
(d) A two-card spread.

2. 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) The hospital.
(c) School.
(d) The garden.

3. Whose voice represented in the diary Hal finds does NOT resonate with her?
(a) Lizzie's.
(b) Maggie's.
(c) Kittty's.
(d) Maud's.

4. When Edward comes to fetch Hal for dinner, near what feature on the property of Trepassen House is she standing?
(a) The koi pond.
(b) The garage.
(c) The garden.
(d) The lake.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The taxi driver had described Maggie's expression upon being dropped off at Trepassen House as resembling the look of which historical figure?

3. A diary entry included in Chapter 22 features which character's return home during a break from Oxford?

4. What kind of accent is Lizzie said to have?

5. Who sends Hal a text message with a code enclosed that will act as her train ticket back toward Trepassen House?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. In what way do Hal's feelings of guilt nearly lead to her downfall in Chapter 39?

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

8. How does the theme of self-deception arise within the narrative in Chapter 31 when Hal speaks to Harding from Brighton?

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

10. Describe an instance when Ware uses white space to intensify the impact of a particular sentence in the text.

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