This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: The Silver Garden, Phonetic Alphabet, The Ladder, Eternal Twilight, and Fossilized Tears,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlie, Isabelle's brother, is:
(a) Older than Isabelle, by only two years.
(b) Older than Isabelle, by nine years.
(c) Her twin.
(d) Actually a step brother, and is older by twelve years.

2. How does Hester help the Missus?
(a) She takes over all the cooking.
(b) She gives her the money needed to pay for her sister's funeral.
(c) She helps improve the Missus's eyesight.
(d) She brings the Missus's sister to visit.

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

4. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?
(a) What happened to the (missing) thirteenth story in her first book.
(b) An explanation about the rumor that her house is haunted.
(c) Her real name.
(d) Whether Winter is terminally ill and fears death will end her life soon.

5. In what way did the bookstore help in Margaret's education?
(a) Margaret's favorite teachers came in and spent extra hours tutoring her.
(b) Margaret's mother read to her for hours as they worked in the shop.
(c) The fascinating people that entered the store taught her about the world.
(d) She first learned her alphabet because the books were in alphabetical order.