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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Gone! and After Charlie,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Margaret receives a letter from her solicitor about whom?
(a) Her father.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Hester.

2. What is one source of income for the people left at Angelfield?
(a) The pear orchard on the property.
(b) The game in the park; hunters are willing to pay to hunt.
(c) Bottles of wine in their basement.
(d) People come to look at John-the-dig's topiary garden.

3. The following is said about Vida Winter's appearance:
(a) She wears expensive rings and a jeweled tiara.
(b) She wears expensive, colorful rings but is otherwise clothed in black.
(c) She wears sunglasses, white makeup, red lipstick.
(d) She wears sunglasses, a bright pink scarf and white gloves.

4. 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 is homesick and wants to visit her family and friends.
(c) She is concerned about her sick mother.
(d) She wants to verify the three facts told to her by Vida Winter.

5. When the doctor comes to Angelfield, he recommends what?
(a) That the meals must change as their diets were insufficient.
(b) That Isabelle be sent to an asylum.
(c) That her children be removed from her.
(d) That the entire house be closed down as uninhabitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In literature, what are examples of the "Rule of Three" which Vida Winter cites?

2. In addition to the filth and squalor or of Charlie's room, what is most surprising about Charlie's room?

3. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.

4. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?

5. What news comes from the asylum about Isabelle?

(see the answer key)

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