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. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?
(a) She finds it fun to make every reporter cry.
(b) She prides herself on her honesty, despite her painful past.
(c) She has never told the truth about her life.
(d) She will never speak for more than thirty minutes.

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

3. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?
(a) A handsome husband.
(b) Her father's money from a bank in London.
(c) Two packages, which are two babies.
(d) An emerald ring that her father suspected was stolen.

4. How does Margaret help Vida Winter after the telling of these painful memories?
(a) She finds Hester.
(b) She helps her decide to find a new doctor.
(c) She sings to her when her physical pain is severe.
(d) She holds her and comforts her in the pain of the memory.

5. After several days of interviewing Vida Winter, Margaret decides she must leave for a few days. Why?
(a) She needs to ask her father his advice about the writing of the book.
(b) She wants to verify the three facts told to her by Vida Winter.
(c) She is concerned about her sick mother.
(d) She is homesick and wants to visit her family and friends.