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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. The following adjectives best describe Charlie as a child:
(a) Neglected, violent, mean.
(b) Smart, sullen, stubborn.
(c) Not-bright, sickly, kind.
(d) Athletic, handsome, mean.

2. What does Vida Winter give to Margaret as she is leaving?
(a) A letter proving that Aurelius is her son.
(b) Hester's diary.
(c) A book about twins.
(d) A box with an identical spoon to Aurelius' spoon.

3. What distinctive smell lingered on the "foundling" bag?
(a) Smoke from a fire.
(b) Beer.
(c) Lavender from the fields, similar to the fields at Angelfield.
(d) Pine needles.

4. Who has Margaret arranged to meet at Angelfield this second time?
(a) Hester.
(b) John-the-dig.
(c) Angeline.
(d) Aurelius.

5. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?
(a) She loves it, and spends days doing nothing else but reading Winter's books.
(b) She likes the writing, but has no interest in meeting WInter.
(c) She is frustrated by the happy endings and predictable plots.
(d) She is surprised that Winter seems to have stolen one on Margaret's stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the doctor tries to calm Hester after her "ghost sighting"?

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

3. Who does Margaret surmise must have tampered with the ladder's safety latch?

4. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?

5. Why does Aurelius like to come to Angelfield?

(see the answer key)

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