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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. Where does the first meeting between Margaret Lea and Vida Winter take place?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the hallway outside Margaret's bedroom, late at night.
(c) In Winter's library.
(d) On the moors, outside the house.

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

3. After years of neglect, what happens to Angelfield while the twins are still living there?
(a) The winter storms can be felt through the cracks in the walls.
(b) The sheriff condemns it, saying it is not inhabitable.
(c) Rats run everywhere.
(d) The roof collapses.

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

5. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:
(a) Elated. She is happy that she has a sister and is eager to meet her.
(b) Angry. She is furious that her parents had not told her the truth previously.
(c) Curious. She wants to learn more, and becomes intent on researching missing information.
(d) Enlightened. She now understands her lifelong feeling of loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?

3. What promise does Margaret ask of Winter before committing to the writing of her biography?

4. What is one source of income for the people left at Angelfield?

5. After several weeks into the interview process, what sound does Margaret hear late at night?

(see the answer key)

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