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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(b) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.
(c) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.
(d) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.

2. The following is said about Vida Winter's appearance:
(a) She wears sunglasses, a bright pink scarf and white gloves.
(b) She wears expensive, colorful rings but is otherwise clothed in black.
(c) She wears expensive rings and a jeweled tiara.
(d) She wears sunglasses, white makeup, red lipstick.

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

4. What does John -the-Dig do at Angelfield?
(a) He is the gardener, as his ancestors also had been.
(b) He is actually the great uncle of the twins.
(c) He is the manager and book-keeper of the estate.
(d) He is the only person on the estate that can handle horses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?

2. Where does Margaret begin her research to verify the three parts of Ms. Winter's story?

3. What happens when the doctor tries to calm Hester after her "ghost sighting"?

4. What missing bit of information in the "book pages" of the Banbury Herald disappoints Margaret?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate the circumstances surrounding Isabelle's birth.

2. At one point in their first conversation, Margaret is uncomfortable and gets up to leave. What words of Vida Winter bring her back?

3. Describe why Hester and the doctor thought it might be important to separate the twins.

4. What makes Hester believe she is seeing a ghost?

5. What happens to Mrs. Maudsley when she arrives at Angelfield to check on the twins?

6. Explain why Hester leaves Angelfield so suddenly.

7. How are the twins becoming different from each other under Hester's guidance?

8. How does Margaret learn that she was a twin? Describe what she is doing and how she makes the discovery.

9. Contrast the difference in the way George Angelfield treats his two children.

10. What happens when Margaret arrives at Vida Winter's house for the first time?

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