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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is peculiar about the way Margaret must read "The Thirteen Tales?'
(a) Every thirteenth page, she searches for a clue to a mystery.
(b) She doesn't want anyone to see her reading it, so she disguises it.
(c) She must wear white gloves.
(d) Because of a printing error, she keeps turning it upside down.

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

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

6. What causes Margaret to run out of Angelfield on her first visit there?
(a) The doorknob she is holding begins to turn from the other side.
(b) She hears a baby crying outside.
(c) A woman in white comes after her with a knife.
(d) She hears someone scream her name.

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

8. 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) Her body is shriveled with arthritis; she is severely stooped.
(d) She is surprisingly tall, lean, and fit for a woman of age 75.

9. Why is Angelfield scheduled for demolition?
(a) A golf course is to be built on the site.
(b) A hotel is to be built on the site.
(c) Kids like to play in the ruins, but the falling walls are dangerous.
(d) A small airport is to be built on the site.

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

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

12. Why does Hester think she has seen a ghost?
(a) She sees a woman in white three different times in the garden.
(b) She hears singing coming from the library. When she enters, there is no one there, but the locked door is open.
(c) She sees the twins together, even though they are physically in two different places.
(d) She sees lights on the moors and the faint shape of a woman on horseback.

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

14. What does Hester do first when she arrives?
(a) Claims she would stay only until a replacement could be found.
(b) Hires three new servants.
(c) Cleans the house.
(d) Buys new drapes and furniture.

15. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?
(a) Two packages, which are two babies.
(b) An emerald ring that her father suspected was stolen.
(c) Her father's money from a bank in London.
(d) A handsome husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hester?

2. What happens to Roland, Isabelle's husband?

3. What is one peculiar aspect of the twins?

4. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?

5. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?

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