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 is said about Vida Winter's appearance:
(a) She wears sunglasses, white makeup, red lipstick.
(b) She wears sunglasses, a bright pink scarf and white gloves.
(c) She wears expensive rings and a jeweled tiara.
(d) She wears expensive, colorful rings but is otherwise clothed in black.

2. What is one source of income for the people left at Angelfield?
(a) Bottles of wine in their basement.
(b) The game in the park; hunters are willing to pay to hunt.
(c) The pear orchard on the property.
(d) People come to look at John-the-dig's topiary garden.

3. 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 is surprised that Winter seems to have stolen one on Margaret's stories.
(c) She likes the writing, but has no interest in meeting WInter.
(d) She is frustrated by the happy endings and predictable plots.

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

5. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?
(a) Chats with Isabelle Angelfield.
(b) Tells ghost stories that frighten the twins.
(c) Asks the Angelfield twins to babysit.
(d) Sets her baby outside in her yard.