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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. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?
(a) She laughs, saying that five is a better number.
(b) She refuses, and threatens to find another author.
(c) She gives many examples from stories about the importance of three.
(d) She refuses to answer Margaret, saying she (Ms. Winter) will tell the story on her terms.

2. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:
(a) Dangerfield.
(b) Angelfield.
(c) Moorlands.
(d) Hanley Downs.

3. After several days of suspicious quiet, who enters Charlie's room to investigate?
(a) John-the-dig and Adeline.
(b) John-the-Dig, Adeline, Emmeline, and the Missus.
(c) John-the-dig and the Missus.
(d) John-the Dig and Emmeline.

4. What is Margaret's least favorite month?
(a) December.
(b) April.
(c) August.
(d) February.

5. What does Hester accuse Emmeline of taking, as reported in Hester's diary?
(a) Hester's house keys.
(b) Hester's jewelry.
(c) Hester's diary.
(d) Isabelle's violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What peculiar record does Margaret find in an almanac about Charlie Angelfield?

2. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?

3. How many different (untrue) versions of her life has Ms. Winter told to reporters and interviewers?

4. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?

5. Vida Winter learned most of the family history by listening to whose stories?

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