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

2. What does Merrily often do while she is hanging clothes or doing housework?
(a) Asks the Angelfield twins to babysit.
(b) Tells ghost stories that frighten the twins.
(c) Sets her baby outside in her yard.
(d) Chats with Isabelle Angelfield.

3. Vida Winter is reluctant to let Margaret leave for a few days. Why?
(a) Winter is terminally ill and wants to complete the telling of her story before she dies.
(b) Winter is afraid that Margraet will contact her twin sister Emmeline.
(c) Winter and Margaret have become friends; she wants her companionship.
(d) WInter is afraid that Margaret will tell the outside world her story before it is concluded.

4. Hester 's and the doctor's actions result in what consequences?
(a) When they solve the ghost mystery, the town begins to like Hester.
(b) Hester leaves Angelfield and the town immediately.
(c) The doctor is proud of her work, and the experiment has been successful.
(d) She is able to publish her article.

5. What does Margaret do when she hears a mysterious sound late at night?
(a) Wakes up John-the-dig, and tells him to bring his gun.
(b) Walks out into the garden to investigate.
(c) Goes to stay with Aurelius, her only friend.
(d) Confronts Ms. Winter and asks for the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?

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

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

4. Who else participates in the"experiment" of Hester and the doctor?

5. What promise does Margaret ask of Winter before committing to the writing of her biography?

Short Essay Questions

1. List a few specific details about Vida Winter's appearance on Margaret's first meeting.

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

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

4. List several details of Angelfield when Mrs. Maudsley first enters.

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

6. Contrast the differences in Margaret's parents.

7. Describe the contents of the letter which Margaret receives.

8. Describe what Margaret hears in the night soon after she arrives at the Winter house, and what she does when she hears this sound.

9. Describe the orientation of the Angelfield house.

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

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