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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. Margaret receives a letter from her solicitor about whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Hester.

2. Who or what startles Margaret in the ruins of the Angelfield house on her first day of exploration?
(a) The flapping wings of birds.
(b) The sound of a violin.
(c) Herself, in a mirror.
(d) A woman in white; Margaret calls to her, but the woman does not turn.

3. Why does the roof at Angelfield get worse soon after Hester leaves?
(a) Adeline climbs to the roof, takes a hatchet, and makes holes.
(b) The chimney in the kitchen has a small fire.
(c) Hester has ordered the repairs to stop.
(d) The repairmen opens a hole when he begins repairs. He doesn't finish the work.

4. What kind of writing of Margaret's has been published?
(a) Non-fiction accounts of collectors, especially book and watch collectors.
(b) Short novels, always wth thirteen chapters.
(c) Essays about royalty in the thirteenth century.
(d) Essays about the lives of authors.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What odd behavior does Isabelle's father display in the early days of Isabelle's life?

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

4. In literature, what are examples of the "Rule of Three" which Vida Winter cites?

5. Who does Margaret see in the garden when she wanders there in the middle of the night?

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