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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. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
(a) They have both studied spells of "dark arts" from the 13th century.
(b) They both grieve the loss of a twin.
(c) Neither had a happy childhood because of an emotionless mother.
(d) They are related; both share a common ancestor.

2. After Hester leaves and Isabelle dies, what can be said about the Missus?
(a) She has left in search of Isabelle and Charlie.
(b) She has gradually become forgetful and unable to perform simple household tasks.
(c) After Isabelle's death, she went into her room and wept uncontrollably for many nights in a row.
(d) John-the-dig agrees to marry her after many years of working together.

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

4. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?
(a) Her real name.
(b) What happened to the (missing) thirteenth story in her first book.
(c) Whether Winter is terminally ill and fears death will end her life soon.
(d) An explanation about the rumor that her house is haunted.

5. What is a perambulator?
(a) An early kind of phonograph or music player.
(b) A baby carriage, or stroller.
(c) A heater which uses water.
(d) A constable ( police officer).

Short Answer Questions

1. What clue makes John-the-Dig know that something is amiss with Charlie?

2. What experiment (for research's sake) do Hester and the doctor carry out?

3. What is of particular concern to John-the-dig after Charlie disappears?

4. Where does the first meeting between Margaret Lea and Vida Winter take place?

5. After several weeks into the interview process, what sound does Margaret hear late at night?

(see the answer key)

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