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. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(b) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.
(c) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.
(d) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.

2. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
(a) They both grieve the loss of a twin.
(b) They are related; both share a common ancestor.
(c) They have both studied spells of "dark arts" from the 13th century.
(d) Neither had a happy childhood because of an emotionless mother.

3. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?
(a) The twins walk into unlocked houses and take what they want.
(b) The twins talk of drowning their mother and poisoning the servants.
(c) The twins are caught running without clothes on through the middle of town.
(d) The twins begin to frighten smaller children with stories about ghosts.

4. When she has trouble falling asleep the night after receiving the letter, what does Margaret do?
(a) She wakes up her mother and makes her talk about her twin.
(b) She decides to try one of the "dark spells" she has read about earlier in the day.
(c) She takes a rare book from the shop and begins to read it.
(d) She reads everything she can about twins.

5. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?
(a) She loves it, and spends days doing nothing else but reading Winter's books.
(b) She likes the writing, but has no interest in meeting WInter.
(c) She is frustrated by the happy endings and predictable plots.
(d) She is surprised that Winter seems to have stolen one on Margaret's stories.