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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. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?
(a) Her reflection in the window.
(b) A night lit with bright stars.
(c) A faint, mysterious light moving along the moor.
(d) Total and complete darkness.

2. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?
(a) The twins walk into unlocked houses and take what they want.
(b) The twins begin to frighten smaller children with stories about ghosts.
(c) The twins are caught running without clothes on through the middle of town.
(d) The twins talk of drowning their mother and poisoning the servants.

3. What pain does Margaret occasionally feel, especially at night?
(a) A burning sensation on her scars, left over from a fire.
(b) A pain in her side.
(c) Cramps in her hand, from writing so much.
(d) Headaches.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?

2. What is a perambulator?

3. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?

4. Vida Winter learned most of the family history by listening to whose stories?

5. What causes Margaret to run out of Angelfield on her first visit there?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Isabelle leaves Angelfield for a short time, with whom did she return?

2. List a few "odd" behaviors of the twins as they go about the countryside.

3. List a few details that are used to describe Margaret's first impression of Vida Winter's house.

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

5. Describe Judith, the housekeeper.

6. Relate the circumstances surrounding Isabelle's birth.

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

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

9. Describe Vida Winter's reaction to Margaret 's short leave of absence.

10. Describe Margaret's reaction to reading Vida Winter's books.

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