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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. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(b) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.
(c) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.
(d) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.

2. Vida Winter learned most of the family history by listening to whose stories?
(a) The stable boy who was like her old brother.
(b) The Missus, who was the main kitchen servant.
(c) Her uncle, who wrote down the history.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. What is one peculiar aspect of the twins?
(a) They speak in their own language.
(b) One laughs constantly; the other cries constantly.
(c) They are identical except for their hair color.
(d) The tear out their own hair.

4. What is the landscape like on the trip north to Vida Winter's house?
(a) After a drive through a scenic green countryside, Winters' lush flower gardens were a pleasant surprise.
(b) First a large city with urban sprawl, then finally to a old mansion in the countryside.
(c) Icy winds and snow slowed her travel; Margaret was nearly frozen when she arrived the next morning.
(d) The moors; green rolling hills, quaint villages, remote wilderness.

5. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?
(a) Margaret's parents finally tell her the truth, and show her legal documents.
(b) She answers the door and sees her twin standing there.
(c) She finds her sister's birth certificate and death certificate.
(d) She is sent a letter with a picture of her parents with both babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?

2. Is the report of the Angelfield fire confirmed by the Banbury Herald newspaper?

3. What is tragic about the birth of Isabelle, the twins' mother?

4. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?

5. 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?

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