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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Hester Arrives, The Box of Lives, and The Eye in the Yew,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hester do first when she arrives?
(a) Claims she would stay only until a replacement could be found.
(b) Buys new drapes and furniture.
(c) Hires three new servants.
(d) Cleans the house.

2. Margaret insists that she must leave for how many days?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Thirty.

3. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?
(a) An odd odor that reminds Margaret of a funeral home.
(b) The fragrance of lilacs.
(c) It is entirely silent.
(d) The laughter of children.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Margaret realizes that this person may still be alive and could answer many questions about the twins' childhood. She writes a letter asking an investigator to find whom?

3. What is one distinctive feature about Angelfield when Margaret first explores it?

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

5. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?

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