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. Where does the first meeting between Margaret Lea and Vida Winter take place?
(a) In Winter's library.
(b) In the hallway outside Margaret's bedroom, late at night.
(c) On the moors, outside the house.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

3. What does John -the-Dig do at Angelfield?
(a) He is actually the great uncle of the twins.
(b) He is the only person on the estate that can handle horses.
(c) He is the manager and book-keeper of the estate.
(d) He is the gardener, as his ancestors also had been.

4. In what way did the bookstore help in Margaret's education?
(a) She first learned her alphabet because the books were in alphabetical order.
(b) The fascinating people that entered the store taught her about the world.
(c) Margaret's mother read to her for hours as they worked in the shop.
(d) Margaret's favorite teachers came in and spent extra hours tutoring her.

5. As Margaret settles into her bedroom on her first night in Vida Winter's house, she rearranges which aspect of the bedroom?
(a) The canopy bed frightens her because she cannot see into the room, so she removes the curtain.
(b) She moves the heavy chair nearer to the fireplace in order to stay warm.
(c) A picture on the wall troubles her, so she turns it around to face the wall.
(d) She takes down the heavy curtains from the windows.