This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Underwater Cryptography, Hair, Rain and Cake, and Reunion,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After several days of interviewing Vida Winter, Margaret decides she must leave for a few days. Why?
(a) She needs to ask her father his advice about the writing of the book.
(b) She wants to verify the three facts told to her by Vida Winter.
(c) She is homesick and wants to visit her family and friends.
(d) She is concerned about her sick mother.

2. How did Merrily get her name?
(a) When she was little, she sang the song called "Merrily, Happily, Longingly."
(b) Her name was Mary Leigh, and she laughed often.
(c) Her parents named her Merrily.
(d) Her mother had a clear, contagious laugh.

3. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?
(a) A storm with brutal winds.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A curtain that suffocates her.

4. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?
(a) Tells ghost stories that frighten the twins.
(b) Asks the Angelfield twins to babysit.
(c) Sets her baby outside in her yard.
(d) Chats with Isabelle Angelfield.

5. Hester has become quite well-read on what subject?
(a) The architecture of old English houses.
(b) The geneological history of the Angelfield family.
(c) The relationship and behavior of twins.
(d) The treatment of mental illness using leeches.