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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Roland, Isabelle's husband?
(a) He leaves Isabelle for another woman soon after their marriage.
(b) He is called to military service and dies on the battlefield.
(c) He dies of pneunomia.
(d) He leaves for America, promising Isabelle he would send for her.

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

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?
(a) Her twin.
(b) Herself as a younger person.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her dead mother.

4. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?
(a) Families torn apart by war and violence.
(b) Legends and superstitions centered on the number thirteen.
(c) The lives and memoirs of obscure writers.
(d) Historical fiction, especially from the thirteen century.

5. Charlie, Isabelle's brother, is:
(a) Actually a step brother, and is older by twelve years.
(b) Older than Isabelle, by nine years.
(c) Her twin.
(d) Older than Isabelle, by only two years.

6. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?
(a) She is frustrated by the happy endings and predictable plots.
(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 loves it, and spends days doing nothing else but reading Winter's books.

7. Where does Hester's lengthy conversation about the twins take place?
(a) In the topiary garden.
(b) In the twin's playroom.
(c) On a boat, so that twins can not hear.
(d) In the library.

8. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?
(a) He tells Margaret that it would be wise to begin wearing gloves and a mask when she is near Winters.
(b) He advises her to go behind WInter's back and contact her twin.
(c) He tells her that Vida WInter has no more than one week to live.
(d) He tells her Vida Winter is terminally ill.

9. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?
(a) There was no mention of twin girls in any of the accounts.
(b) There had been no interview with a man pleading for the truth from Winter.
(c) The date of Vida Winter's birth was missing.
(d) Angelfield servants were mentioned, but not John-the-dig.

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

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

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

13. Is the report of the Angelfield fire confirmed by the Banbury Herald newspaper?
(a) Perhaps. There was a fire, but not in the year Winter had reported.
(b) Yes.
(c) Apparently not. There was no mention of a fire at Anglefield.
(d) The fire was only in the barn, not in the main house.

14. The following can be said about the bookshop:
(a) All of the answers are true.
(b) Students come to sell and resell textbooks.
(c) Most of the store's income is gained through rare book transactions.
(d) There are seven rooms of used books.

15. Who or what startles Margaret in the ruins of the Angelfield house on her first day of exploration?
(a) Herself, in a mirror.
(b) The sound of a violin.
(c) The flapping wings of birds.
(d) A woman in white; Margaret calls to her, but the woman does not turn.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is peculiar about the way Margaret must read "The Thirteen Tales?'

4. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?

5. What does the chapter title, "Box of Lives" refer to?

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