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. What do Hester and John-the-dig argue about?
(a) His refusal to lock the gate.
(b) A mysterious child who is seen on the property.
(c) His strange habit of humming as he strolls the grounds after midnight.
(d) His insistence that Isabelle should return to Angelfield.

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

3. What does Adeline find that Emmeline had been keeping?
(a) A diary.
(b) A letter from Isabelle.
(c) A book from the first owner of Angelfield.
(d) A mysterious box with the initials IAR carved in wood.

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

5. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?
(a) She records every word of the interview, then goes back later to eliminate what is not important.
(b) She writes only key words in the interview, then immediately after elaborates with pencil and paper.
(c) She uses a small tape recorder; with this aid she can get nearly every conversation written down.
(d) She has brought along a small portable typewriter; this works fine as her room is not close to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?

3. After years of neglect, what happens to Angelfield while the twins are still living there?

4. What does Margaret do when she hears a mysterious sound late at night?

5. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?

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