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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. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?
(a) She refuses, and threatens to find another author.
(b) She refuses to answer Margaret, saying she (Ms. Winter) will tell the story on her terms.
(c) She gives many examples from stories about the importance of three.
(d) She laughs, saying that five is a better number.

2. 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 dead mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her twin.
(d) Herself as a younger person.

3. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
(a) Neither had a happy childhood because of an emotionless mother.
(b) They both grieve the loss of a twin.
(c) They are related; both share a common ancestor.
(d) They have both studied spells of "dark arts" from the 13th century.

4. What odd behavior does Isabelle's father display in the early days of Isabelle's life?
(a) He refuses to come out of his room; he does not eat or sleep.
(b) He gallops horses up and down the moors, often in the moonlight.
(c) He wanders the streets of the village at night, drunk.
(d) He becomes convinced people are stealing from him, so he becomes suspicious and miserly.

5. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A storm with brutal winds.
(d) A curtain that suffocates her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What peculiar record does Margaret find in an almanac about Charlie Angelfield?

2. 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?

3. What pain does Margaret occasionally feel, especially at night?

4. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:

5. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?

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