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

2. What does Aurelius Love bring to Margaret after she falls?
(a) A cup of tea and some cake.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Bandages and crutches.
(d) A golf cart so she would not have to walk on her sore foot.

3. In the beginning of the book, who has sent Margaret a surprising letter?
(a) Vida Winter's daughter.
(b) Vida Winter, an author.
(c) Margaret's twin, separated from Margaret for years.
(d) The manager of Vida Winter's estate.

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

5. Describe the abrupt change in the way Isabelle's father treats her.
(a) He loves her at first, but after a few months begins to disdain her and hate her presence.
(b) He hires extra help to make sure she is well cared for and entertained.
(c) He leaves suddenly, leaving her in the care of the gardener and cook.
(d) He becomes a doting father to the baby; singing lullabyes and reading stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pain does Margaret occasionally feel, especially at night?

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

3. Vida Winter says she starts one book as soon as she finishes another because she is afraid to confront which person who keeps trying to get her attention?

4. In the process of demolition at Angelfield, something unusual was found regarding Vida WInter's story. Who has come to investigate?

5. What is one peculiar aspect of the twins?

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