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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. When Aurelius takes Margaret to his home, what does he do?
(a) Reads her poetry.
(b) Tries to kiss her.
(c) Shows her a map of London.
(d) Bakes.

2. What item of Charles Dickens, the author, does Vida Winter discuss with Margaret?
(a) The exact desk which Dickens owned which Margaret is using to write.
(b) A forgotten manuscript by the famous author.
(c) A picture of Dickens with Vida Winter as a child.
(d) A picture of him with characters above his head.

3. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:
(a) Dangerfield.
(b) Angelfield.
(c) Moorlands.
(d) Hanley Downs.

4. As Margaret settles into her bedroom on her first night in Vida Winter's house, she rearranges which aspect of the bedroom?
(a) The canopy bed frightens her because she cannot see into the room, so she removes the curtain.
(b) She takes down the heavy curtains from the windows.
(c) She moves the heavy chair nearer to the fireplace in order to stay warm.
(d) A picture on the wall troubles her, so she turns it around to face the wall.

5. What happens when the doctor tries to calm Hester after her "ghost sighting"?
(a) She refuses his help, thinking he assumes she is weak.
(b) He hugs her, and they kiss.
(c) She only gets more upset and frightenend.
(d) He must give her a sedative, and she faints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experiment (for research's sake) do Hester and the doctor carry out?

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

3. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?

4. The following is said about Vida Winter's appearance:

5. In addition to the filth and squalor or of Charlie's room, what is most surprising about Charlie's room?

(see the answer key)

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