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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 reads through numerous books.
(b) She finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(c) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.
(d) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.

3. Vida Winter is a prolific and well-known author. Besides her fame, what can be said about her physical appearance?
(a) Her hair is long, often braided, and nearly black.
(b) She is old, but very beautiful.
(c) She is surprisingly tall, lean, and fit for a woman of age 75.
(d) Her body is shriveled with arthritis; she is severely stooped.

4. What promise does Margaret ask of Winter before committing to the writing of her biography?
(a) Margaret must be allowed to have freedom to come and go from the house.
(b) Winter must let them write outside in the garden, in the flowers.
(c) Winter must tell Margaret three facts that can be validated in public record.
(d) Winter must be willing to offer editing and writing advice for Margaret's own writing.

5. What is one peculiar aspect of the twins?
(a) They are identical except for their hair color.
(b) The tear out their own hair.
(c) One laughs constantly; the other cries constantly.
(d) They speak in their own language.

6. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
(a) They both grieve the loss of a twin.
(b) They are related; both share a common ancestor.
(c) Neither had a happy childhood because of an emotionless mother.
(d) They have both studied spells of "dark arts" from the 13th century.

7. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:
(a) Angelfield.
(b) Dangerfield.
(c) Moorlands.
(d) Hanley Downs.

8. What experiment (for research's sake) do Hester and the doctor carry out?
(a) Using bribery to entice Charlie to leave Angelfield.
(b) The separation of Angeline and Emmeline.
(c) Isolation and starvation as treatment for mental ilness.
(d) Shock treament for mental illness.

9. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?
(a) Margaret's parents finally tell her the truth, and show her legal documents.
(b) She finds her sister's birth certificate and death certificate.
(c) She is sent a letter with a picture of her parents with both babies.
(d) She answers the door and sees her twin standing there.

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

11. Margaret insists that she must leave for how many days?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

12. What is tragic about the birth of Isabelle, the twins' mother?
(a) Her parents wanted a boy; they initially thought of killing her.
(b) Her father died trying to get home in a storm to help with the birth of the child.
(c) The baby was deprived of oxygen, and her mother died in childbirth.
(d) Her father killed her mother as soon as the baby was born.

13. Vida Winter learned most of the family history by listening to whose stories?
(a) The stable boy who was like her old brother.
(b) Her uncle, who wrote down the history.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) The Missus, who was the main kitchen servant.

14. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?
(a) Sometimes alone and sometimes in the kitchen with the children.
(b) With Winter and her extended family in the large and noisy kitchen.
(c) Always in the large dining room with Winter.
(d) Alone, in her bedroom.

15. A woman in white used what to hurt a visitor to the Angelfield house?
(a) The cords of the heavy curtains.
(b) A violin.
(c) Poison.
(d) A fireplace poker.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Hester and John-the-dig argue about?

4. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?

5. Whom does Hester consult for advice about the children?

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