The Thirteenth Tale Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Diane Setterfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Thirteenth Tale Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Diane Setterfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?
(a) A faint, mysterious light moving along the moor.
(b) A night lit with bright stars.
(c) Total and complete darkness.
(d) Her reflection in the window.

2. 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 finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(b) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.
(c) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.
(d) She reads through numerous books.

3. Vida Winter is reluctant to let Margaret leave for a few days. Why?
(a) Winter is terminally ill and wants to complete the telling of her story before she dies.
(b) WInter is afraid that Margaret will tell the outside world her story before it is concluded.
(c) Winter and Margaret have become friends; she wants her companionship.
(d) Winter is afraid that Margraet will contact her twin sister Emmeline.

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

5. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?
(a) She finds her sister's birth certificate and death certificate.
(b) She is sent a letter with a picture of her parents with both babies.
(c) She answers the door and sees her twin standing there.
(d) Margaret's parents finally tell her the truth, and show her legal documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?

2. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:

3. What is tragic about the birth of Isabelle, the twins' mother?

4. Where does the first meeting between Margaret Lea and Vida Winter take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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