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

2. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.
(a) She had a child out of wedlock who died at age three.
(b) She had eloped with a disreputable man; he left her after only seven months of marriage.
(c) At age 16, she experienced a massive fire.
(d) Her father was mentally ill and commited suicide.

3. When Winter returns to the telling of her story, she talks of the village men asking for Dr. Maudsley's help with the twins. How does the doctor first attempt to solve the problem?
(a) He visits every day for two weeks and then gives up in failure.
(b) He, according to common practice of the time, uses leeches to try to clean their blood.
(c) He diagnoses insanity and recommends that the twins be sent to an asylum.
(d) He sends his wife to talk to the twin's mother.

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

5. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) As an adult, as she is narrating this book.