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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Dickens's Study, The Almanacs, In the Archives of the Banbury Herald, Ruins, The Friendly Giant, and Graves,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vida Winter says she starts one book as soon as she finishes another because she is afraid to confront which person who keeps trying to get her attention?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her twin.
(c) Her dead mother.
(d) Herself as a younger person.

2. In the beginning of the book, who has sent Margaret a surprising letter?
(a) Margaret's twin, separated from Margaret for years.
(b) Vida Winter, an author.
(c) Vida Winter's daughter.
(d) The manager of Vida Winter's estate.

3. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
(a) Her hand is badly scarred from fire; a mark like a Q was also embedded in the scar.
(b) Her hair is a deep black except for thick streaks of silver and white.
(c) She walks with a pronounced limp; one leg is signicantly shorter than the other.
(d) Her left arm has three burn marks; a cross-like symbol marks her, not unlike a brand.

4. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?
(a) An emerald ring that her father suspected was stolen.
(b) Her father's money from a bank in London.
(c) A handsome husband.
(d) Two packages, which are two babies.

5. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?
(a) She uses a small tape recorder; with this aid she can get nearly every conversation written down.
(b) She writes only key words in the interview, then immediately after elaborates with pencil and paper.
(c) She records every word of the interview, then goes back later to eliminate what is not important.
(d) She has brought along a small portable typewriter; this works fine as her room is not close to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?

2. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?

3. 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?

4. What is the phrase from the letter Margaret has received that keeps running through Margaret's mind?

5. After several days of interviewing Vida Winter, Margaret decides she must leave for a few days. Why?

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