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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. To what train station must Hal travel from Brighton in order to reach Trepassen House?
(a) Penzance.
(b) St. Piran.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Birmingham.

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

3. When Hal arrives in Brighton after climbing out the window of Trepassen House, she goes straight to what area of her flat?
(a) The bathtub.
(b) The box under her bed.
(c) The fireplace.
(d) The veranda.

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

5. Ezra's car is covered with the droppings of what type of creatures in Chapter 21, causing his and Hal's tardiness to the appointment with Mr. Treswick?
(a) Bats.
(b) Magpies.
(c) Crows.
(d) Seagulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lizzie reports that she had been how old when she first started to work at Trepassen House?

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

3. Who tells Hal the distance between Trepassen House and the village of St. Piran?

4. Hal feels anger toward which member of her family as she sets out for her walk to the village of St. Piran?

5. Whose voice represented in the diary Hal finds particularly resonates with 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. 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?

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

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. Which element of her late mother's behavior perplexes Hal the most, as depicted in Chapter 36?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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