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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. Margaret says, "the hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours." What does she do during these hours?
(a) She reads through numerous books.
(b) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.
(c) She finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(d) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.

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

3. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:
(a) Angry. She is furious that her parents had not told her the truth previously.
(b) Elated. She is happy that she has a sister and is eager to meet her.
(c) Enlightened. She now understands her lifelong feeling of loneliness.
(d) Curious. She wants to learn more, and becomes intent on researching missing information.

4. Vida Winter is a prolific and well-known author. Besides her fame, what can be said about her physical appearance?
(a) She is surprisingly tall, lean, and fit for a woman of age 75.
(b) She is old, but very beautiful.
(c) Her hair is long, often braided, and nearly black.
(d) Her body is shriveled with arthritis; she is severely stooped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.

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

3. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?

4. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?

5. Charlie, Isabelle's brother, is:

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