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 tragic about the birth of Isabelle, the twins' mother?
(a) The baby was deprived of oxygen, and her mother died in childbirth.
(b) Her father killed her mother as soon as the baby was born.
(c) Her parents wanted a boy; they initially thought of killing her.
(d) Her father died trying to get home in a storm to help with the birth of the child.

2. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:
(a) Enlightened. She now understands her lifelong feeling of loneliness.
(b) Elated. She is happy that she has a sister and is eager to meet her.
(c) Curious. She wants to learn more, and becomes intent on researching missing information.
(d) Angry. She is furious that her parents had not told her the truth previously.

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

4. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?
(a) Sometimes alone and sometimes in the kitchen with the children.
(b) Always in the large dining room with Winter.
(c) Alone, in her bedroom.
(d) With Winter and her extended family in the large and noisy kitchen.

5. Margaret says, "the hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours." What does she do during these hours?
(a) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.
(b) She finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(c) She reads through numerous books.
(d) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.