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 does John -the-Dig do at Angelfield?
(a) He is the manager and book-keeper of the estate.
(b) He is the only person on the estate that can handle horses.
(c) He is the gardener, as his ancestors also had been.
(d) He is actually the great uncle of the twins.

2. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?
(a) Families torn apart by war and violence.
(b) Historical fiction, especially from the thirteen century.
(c) Legends and superstitions centered on the number thirteen.
(d) The lives and memoirs of obscure writers.

3. Who or what startles Margaret in the ruins of the Angelfield house on her first day of exploration?
(a) The sound of a violin.
(b) The flapping wings of birds.
(c) Herself, in a mirror.
(d) A woman in white; Margaret calls to her, but the woman does not turn.

4. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) As an adult, as she is narrating this book.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

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