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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. The diary that Hal finds in the wooden box beneath her bed upon returning to Brighton contains handwriting similar to whose?
(a) Hal's mother's.
(b) Mrs. Warren's.
(c) Abel's.
(d) Mitzi's.

2. When Hal leaves the meeting at Mr. Treswick's office, she believes that which character at the meeting had held something back that he had wanted to say?
(a) Mr. Treswick.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Abel.
(d) Harding.

3. How many miles lie between Trepassen House and the village of St. Piran?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. Who tells Hal the distance between Trepassen House and the village of St. Piran?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Abel.
(c) Mrs. Warren.
(d) Harding.

5. What name does Mrs. Warren call Hal when she catches her climbing out of a window at Trepassen House?
(a) Lily-liver.
(b) Yellow-belly.
(c) Coward.
(d) Scaredy-cat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Kitty?

3. When Hal gets to the village of St. Piran, the narrator describes it as "a collection of buildings blown together like" (254) what?

4. What major revelation does Hal make to the Westaway brothers in Chapter 37?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What special sadness does Ezra express to Hal about the death of his twin sister Maud?

5. Who confronts Hal when she is making her escape from Trepassen House by way of the drawing room window and what do they say?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Describe a chapter that acts as a builder of tension and then as a diffuser of tension, for the purposes of maintaining suspense throughout the work.

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