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. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?
(a) Asks the Angelfield twins to babysit.
(b) Tells ghost stories that frighten the twins.
(c) Chats with Isabelle Angelfield.
(d) Sets her baby outside in her yard.

2. Who is in the perambulator for the dangerous ride downhill?
(a) The neighbor's dog.
(b) Adeline.
(c) Merrily's baby.
(d) Emmaline.

3. As Margaret settles into her bedroom on her first night in Vida Winter's house, she rearranges which aspect of the bedroom?
(a) She takes down the heavy curtains from the windows.
(b) A picture on the wall troubles her, so she turns it around to face the wall.
(c) The canopy bed frightens her because she cannot see into the room, so she removes the curtain.
(d) She moves the heavy chair nearer to the fireplace in order to stay warm.

4. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?
(a) The fragrance of lilacs.
(b) The laughter of children.
(c) An odd odor that reminds Margaret of a funeral home.
(d) It is entirely silent.

5. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.
(a) At age 16, she experienced a massive fire.
(b) She had eloped with a disreputable man; he left her after only seven months of marriage.
(c) She had a child out of wedlock who died at age three.
(d) Her father was mentally ill and commited suicide.