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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?
(a) Judith, the housekeeper.
(b) A cranky, impolite butler named Jansen.
(c) A young child who holds a large black dog on a leash.
(d) Miss Winter, herself.

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

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

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

6. What is surprising about the appearance of the letter for Margaret?
(a) It is handwritten by a person who is either a child or an invalid.
(b) Each line is in a new color of ink.
(c) Margaret's name is mispelled, and there is no return address.
(d) The type is faint and barely recognizable.

7. When she has trouble falling asleep the night after receiving the letter, what does Margaret do?
(a) She takes a rare book from the shop and begins to read it.
(b) She wakes up her mother and makes her talk about her twin.
(c) She reads everything she can about twins.
(d) She decides to try one of the "dark spells" she has read about earlier in the day.

8. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:
(a) Angry. She is furious that her parents had not told her the truth previously.
(b) Elated. She is happy that she has a sister and is eager to meet her.
(c) Enlightened. She now understands her lifelong feeling of loneliness.
(d) Curious. She wants to learn more, and becomes intent on researching missing information.

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

10. What is a perambulator?
(a) An early kind of phonograph or music player.
(b) A baby carriage, or stroller.
(c) A heater which uses water.
(d) A constable ( police officer).

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

12. As Margaret settles into her bedroom on her first night in Vida Winter's house, she rearranges which aspect of the bedroom?
(a) A picture on the wall troubles her, so she turns it around to face the wall.
(b) The canopy bed frightens her because she cannot see into the room, so she removes the curtain.
(c) She moves the heavy chair nearer to the fireplace in order to stay warm.
(d) She takes down the heavy curtains from the windows.

13. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?
(a) She uses a small tape recorder; with this aid she can get nearly every conversation written down.
(b) She records every word of the interview, then goes back later to eliminate what is not important.
(c) She writes only key words in the interview, then immediately after elaborates with pencil and paper.
(d) She has brought along a small portable typewriter; this works fine as her room is not close to others.

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

15. Margaret receives a letter from her father with something enclosed. What is it?
(a) A letter from a lawyer.
(b) An old picture of Isabelle and Charlie as young children.
(c) A necklace from her mother.
(d) An artice about Vida Winter's disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?

2. A woman in white used what to hurt a visitor to the Angelfield house?

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. What experiment (for research's sake) do Hester and the doctor carry out?

5. In what way did the bookstore help in Margaret's education?

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