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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?
(a) The twins walk into unlocked houses and take what they want.
(b) The twins are caught running without clothes on through the middle of town.
(c) The twins begin to frighten smaller children with stories about ghosts.
(d) The twins talk of drowning their mother and poisoning the servants.

2. When Winter returns to the telling of her story, she talks of the village men asking for Dr. Maudsley's help with the twins. How does the doctor first attempt to solve the problem?
(a) He sends his wife to talk to the twin's mother.
(b) He visits every day for two weeks and then gives up in failure.
(c) He, according to common practice of the time, uses leeches to try to clean their blood.
(d) He diagnoses insanity and recommends that the twins be sent to an asylum.

3. What do Hester and John-the-dig argue about?
(a) A mysterious child who is seen on the property.
(b) His strange habit of humming as he strolls the grounds after midnight.
(c) His insistence that Isabelle should return to Angelfield.
(d) His refusal to lock the gate.

4. How did Merrily get her name?
(a) Her parents named her Merrily.
(b) Her mother had a clear, contagious laugh.
(c) When she was little, she sang the song called "Merrily, Happily, Longingly."
(d) Her name was Mary Leigh, and she laughed often.

5. How does Hester help the Missus?
(a) She brings the Missus's sister to visit.
(b) She helps improve the Missus's eyesight.
(c) She takes over all the cooking.
(d) She gives her the money needed to pay for her sister's funeral.

6. Who is Hester?
(a) A neighbor who becomes the twin's friend.
(b) The children's new governess.
(c) Charlie's new wife.
(d) The deacon's wife, sent to help the twins.

7. After several weeks into the interview process, what sound does Margaret hear late at night?
(a) A child crying.
(b) Wolves howling on the moors.
(c) Someone calling her name.
(d) Someone singing long, erratic, notes of music.

8. In what way did the bookstore help in Margaret's education?
(a) Margaret's mother read to her for hours as they worked in the shop.
(b) Margaret's favorite teachers came in and spent extra hours tutoring her.
(c) She first learned her alphabet because the books were in alphabetical order.
(d) The fascinating people that entered the store taught her about the world.

9. What is one distinctive feature about Angelfield when Margaret first explores it?
(a) There is no roof.
(b) It is in perfect shape except for a few broken windows.
(c) Two black cats dart in and out of her vision as she walks the grounds.
(d) There are beautiful stained glass windows.

10. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?
(a) It is entirely silent.
(b) An odd odor that reminds Margaret of a funeral home.
(c) The laughter of children.
(d) The fragrance of lilacs.

11. Hester 's and the doctor's actions result in what consequences?
(a) She is able to publish her article.
(b) Hester leaves Angelfield and the town immediately.
(c) When they solve the ghost mystery, the town begins to like Hester.
(d) The doctor is proud of her work, and the experiment has been successful.

12. The following adjectives best describe Charlie as a child:
(a) Smart, sullen, stubborn.
(b) Neglected, violent, mean.
(c) Athletic, handsome, mean.
(d) Not-bright, sickly, kind.

13. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) As an adult, as she is narrating this book.

14. Margaret says, "the hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours." What does she do during these hours?
(a) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.
(b) She finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(c) She reads through numerous books.
(d) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.

15. Who else participates in the"experiment" of Hester and the doctor?
(a) John-the-dig.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) The doctor's wife.
(d) Hester's friend, Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hester do first when she arrives?

2. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?

3. Margaret insists that she must leave for how many days?

4. Vida Winter is a prolific and well-known author. Besides her fame, what can be said about her physical appearance?

5. What causes Margaret to run out of Angelfield on her first visit there?

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