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. Who is Hester?
(a) The children's new governess.
(b) Charlie's new wife.
(c) The deacon's wife, sent to help the twins.
(d) A neighbor who becomes the twin's friend.

2. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?
(a) The twins begin to frighten smaller children with stories about ghosts.
(b) The twins talk of drowning their mother and poisoning the servants.
(c) The twins are caught running without clothes on through the middle of town.
(d) The twins walk into unlocked houses and take what they want.

3. What is surprising about the appearance of the letter for Margaret?
(a) It is handwritten by a person who is either a child or an invalid.
(b) The type is faint and barely recognizable.
(c) Each line is in a new color of ink.
(d) Margaret's name is mispelled, and there is no return address.

4. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?
(a) There was no mention of twin girls in any of the accounts.
(b) There had been no interview with a man pleading for the truth from Winter.
(c) Angelfield servants were mentioned, but not John-the-dig.
(d) The date of Vida Winter's birth was missing.

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