This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Merrily and the Perambulator and Dr. and Mrs. Maudsley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?
(a) She has never told the truth about her life.
(b) She will never speak for more than thirty minutes.
(c) She finds it fun to make every reporter cry.
(d) She prides herself on her honesty, despite her painful past.

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

3. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?
(a) It is entirely silent.
(b) The laughter of children.
(c) The fragrance of lilacs.
(d) An odd odor that reminds Margaret of a funeral home.

4. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?
(a) He tells her Vida Winter is terminally ill.
(b) He tells her that Vida WInter has no more than one week to live.
(c) He advises her to go behind WInter's back and contact her twin.
(d) He tells Margaret that it would be wise to begin wearing gloves and a mask when she is near Winters.

5. When she has trouble falling asleep the night after receiving the letter, what does Margaret do?
(a) She takes a rare book from the shop and begins to read it.
(b) She wakes up her mother and makes her talk about her twin.
(c) She decides to try one of the "dark spells" she has read about earlier in the day.
(d) She reads everything she can about twins.