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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. After years of neglect, what happens to Angelfield while the twins are still living there?
(a) Rats run everywhere.
(b) The roof collapses.
(c) The winter storms can be felt through the cracks in the walls.
(d) The sheriff condemns it, saying it is not inhabitable.

2. One day, instead of writing/interviewing, what task does Vida Winter ask of Margaret?
(a) To take her outside in the garden.
(b) To braid her hair.
(c) To write a poem about her red hair.
(d) To cut her hair.

3. What does Aurelius Love bring to Margaret after she falls?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A cup of tea and some cake.
(c) A golf cart so she would not have to walk on her sore foot.
(d) Bandages and crutches.

4. What distinctive smell lingered on the "foundling" bag?
(a) Lavender from the fields, similar to the fields at Angelfield.
(b) Smoke from a fire.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Beer.

5. John-the-dig hires someone to:
(a) Help in the garden.
(b) Be a governess for the twins.
(c) Repair the walls and fallen roof of the estate.
(d) Replace "the missus," cook, and help with housework.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?

2. Hester talks in her diary of the joy of working closely with someone on what project?

3. What does the doctor tell Margaret will heal her from her present illness?

4. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?

5. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?

(see the answer key)

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