This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Everybody Has a Story, December Days, Sisters, A Diary and a Train, Demolishing the Past, and Hester's Diary II,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hester think she has seen a ghost?
(a) She sees the twins together, even though they are physically in two different places.
(b) She hears singing coming from the library. When she enters, there is no one there, but the locked door is open.
(c) She sees lights on the moors and the faint shape of a woman on horseback.
(d) She sees a woman in white three different times in the garden.

2. Whom does Hester consult for advice about the children?
(a) Dr. Maudsley.
(b) The village priest.
(c) A child psychologist from London.
(d) Isabelle.

3. Hester talks in her diary of the joy of working closely with someone on what project?
(a) A vegetable garden.
(b) The renovation of Angelfield.
(c) The study of twins.
(d) A book about Jane Eyre.

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

5. Describe the abrupt change in the way Isabelle's father treats her.
(a) He leaves suddenly, leaving her in the care of the gardener and cook.
(b) He loves her at first, but after a few months begins to disdain her and hate her presence.
(c) He becomes a doting father to the baby; singing lullabyes and reading stories.
(d) He hires extra help to make sure she is well cared for and entertained.