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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. Lizzie reports having seen Maggie sporting "a black eye and a split lip" (259) while on her way to what location one day?
(a) School.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The garden.

2. How many minutes late for the appointment with Mr. Treswick do Hal and Ezra arrive?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

3. Hal believes by the end of Chapter 30 that the only way she will find out the identity of her father is if she travels to what location?
(a) Penzance.
(b) Brighton.
(c) Trepassen House.
(d) St. Piran.

4. 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) Harding.
(b) Mr. Treswick.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Abel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of document listing a certain character's address does Hal bring with her on her walk to the village of St. Piran?

2. Hal considers in Chapter 33 that which character is the only one at Trepassen House who has never trusted her?

3. 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?

4. Harding invites Hal into what room to have tea when she arrives back at Trepassen House?

5. When Hal gets out of Ezra's car back at Trepassen House in Chapter 23, what objects fall out of her pocket in addition to the photograph Abel had given her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Lizzie?

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

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