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. 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) A picture on the wall troubles her, so she turns it around to face the wall.
(c) She moves the heavy chair nearer to the fireplace in order to stay warm.
(d) She takes down the heavy curtains from the windows.

2. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?
(a) A cranky, impolite butler named Jansen.
(b) Miss Winter, herself.
(c) Judith, the housekeeper.
(d) A young child who holds a large black dog on a leash.

3. After Hester leaves and Isabelle dies, what can be said about the Missus?
(a) She has left in search of Isabelle and Charlie.
(b) After Isabelle's death, she went into her room and wept uncontrollably for many nights in a row.
(c) John-the-dig agrees to marry her after many years of working together.
(d) She has gradually become forgetful and unable to perform simple household tasks.

4. What does the chapter title, "Box of Lives" refer to?
(a) Vida Winter says she keeps "opening up the box" to reveal the secrets of her past.
(b) Winter keeps many items from her past in a safe in her bedroom; she finally shows the box to Margaret.
(c) Margaret keeps a 3x5 card on many people, and she keepst these cards in a box.
(d) Margaret finds an old box near the ruins of the old church.

5. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?
(a) There had been no interview with a man pleading for the truth from Winter.
(b) The date of Vida Winter's birth was missing.
(c) Angelfield servants were mentioned, but not John-the-dig.
(d) There was no mention of twin girls in any of the accounts.