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

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

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 are caught running without clothes on through the middle of town.
(c) The twins talk of drowning their mother and poisoning the servants.
(d) The twins begin to frighten smaller children with stories about ghosts.

4. What is the phrase from the letter Margaret has received that keeps running through Margaret's mind?
(a) "Authors are liars."
(b) "Tell me the truth."
(c) "You alone can help me."
(d) "I need to find myself."

5. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?
(a) He tells Margaret that it would be wise to begin wearing gloves and a mask when she is near Winters.
(b) He tells her Vida Winter is terminally ill.
(c) He tells her that Vida WInter has no more than one week to live.
(d) He advises her to go behind WInter's back and contact her twin.