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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Everybody Has a Story, December Days, Sisters, A Diary and a Train, Demolishing the Past, and Hester's Diary II,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Hester seems to be making some positive impact?
(a) Adeline.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Charlie.

2. What does Vida Winter give to Margaret as she is leaving?
(a) A book about twins.
(b) Hester's diary.
(c) A letter proving that Aurelius is her son.
(d) A box with an identical spoon to Aurelius' spoon.

3. How many different (untrue) versions of her life has Ms. Winter told to reporters and interviewers?
(a) Zero. She has only told the truth about herself.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

4. 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 reads everything she can about twins.
(c) She decides to try one of the "dark spells" she has read about earlier in the day.
(d) She wakes up her mother and makes her talk about her twin.

5. Where does Hester's lengthy conversation about the twins take place?
(a) In the topiary garden.
(b) In the twin's playroom.
(c) On a boat, so that twins can not hear.
(d) In the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Margaret's birthday, she goes :

2. What distinctive smell lingered on the "foundling" bag?

3. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?

4. How did Merrily get her name?

5. What does Hester do first when she arrives?

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