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

2. Who is Mr. Lomax?
(a) The family solicitor, or attorney.
(b) A newpaper publisher.
(c) A friend of Charlie's, the only one Charlie will speak with.
(d) A relative of Hester's.

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

4. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?
(a) She records every word of the interview, then goes back later to eliminate what is not important.
(b) She uses a small tape recorder; with this aid she can get nearly every conversation written down.
(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.

5. Who is in the perambulator for the dangerous ride downhill?
(a) Emmaline.
(b) Adeline.
(c) The neighbor's dog.
(d) Merrily's baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?

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

3. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?

4. When Isabelle returns after being away for several months, she comes back with what or whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Give two details of the scenery Margaret describes on her way to meet Vida Winter.

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

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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